We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
More Quotes from Epicurus:
Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship.Epicurus
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
Epicurus
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Epicurus
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
Epicurus
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
Epicurus
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Epicurus
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