“Numquam volui populo placere. Nam quae ego scio non probat populus, quae probat populus ego nescio.” [Epicurus]
“Niekados nenorėjau patikti miniai, nes to, ką moku, minia negiria, o to, ką ji giria, aš nemoku.” [Epikūras]
“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]
Nulli enim nisi audituro dicendum est. <...> Sagittarius non aliquando ferire debet, sed aliquando deerrare; non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit. Sapientia ars est: certum petat, eligat profecturos, ab iis quos desperavit recedat.
Kalbėti galima tik tam, kuris klauso. <...> Šaulys privalo ne retkarčiais pataikyti, bet retkarčiais prašauti pro šalį. Ne menas tai, kas tikslą pasiekia atsitiktinai. O išmintis yra menas: tegu ji pataiko taikliai, tegu pasirenka tokius, kurie ką nors sugeba, ir atsiskiria nuo tų, kuriais nusivylė.
One must not talk to a man unless he is willing to listen. <...> The archer ought not to hit the mark only sometimes; he ought to miss it only sometimes. That which takes effect by chance is not an art. Now wisdom is an art; it should have a definite aim, choosing only those who will make progress, but withdrawing from those whom it has come to regard as hopeless.
Animum debes mutare, non caelum.
Keisk sielą, o ne dangų.
You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.
Bona mens nec commodatur nec emitur; <...> at mala cotidie emitur.
Gero proto nei pasiskolinsi, nei nusipirksi. <...> O prastas protas perkamas kasdien.
No man is able to borrow or buy a sound mind; <...> Depraved minds, however, are bought and sold every day.
Egregia res est mortem condiscere.
Puikus dalykas išmokti mirti.
It is a wonderful thing to learn thoroughly how to die.
Non amo illum nisi offendo.
Kam neįkyriu, to nemyliu.
I do not love this one if I am unwilling to hurt his feelings.
Tantam hominum imprudentiam esse, immo dementiam, ut quidam timore mortis cogantur ad mortem.
Žmonių kvailybė, netgi beprotybė tokia didelė, kad kai kuriuos iš jų mirties baimė priverčia mirti.
Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
Mors non una venit, sed quae rapit ultima mors est.
Daug mus aplanko mirčių, pagrobia — mirtis paskutinė.
Not single is the death which comes; the death
Which takes us off is but the last of all.
Quid enim necesse est mala accersere, satis cito patienda cum venerint praesumere, ac praesens tempus futuri metu perdere? Est sine dubio stultum, quia quandoque sis futurus miser, esse iam miserum.
Iš tiesų, ar būtina šauktis nelaimių? Jas ir taip greitai reikės kęsti, kai užgrius. Kam dabartį gadinti ateities baime? Be abejo, kvaila būti nelaimingam dabar todėl, kad kada nors būsi nelaimingas.
Why, indeed, is it necessary to summon trouble,—which must be endured soon enough when it has once arrived,—
or to anticipate trouble and ruin the present through fear of the future? It is indeed foolish to be unhappy now because you may be unhappy at some future time.
Constituendum est quid velimus et in eo perseverandum. <...> ‘Molestum est semper vitam inchoare’. <...> Quidam vero tunc incipiunt cum desinendum est. <...> Quidam ante vivere desierunt quam inciperent.
Reikia nuspręsti, ko norime, ir atkakliai to siekti. <..> “Sunku nuolatos pradėti gyvenimą iš naujo”. <...> Kai kurie pradeda gyventi tada, kai reikia baigti. <...> Kai kurie nustoja gyventi taip ir nepradėję.
We should decide what we wish, and abide by the decision. <...> “It is bothersome always to be beginning life.” <...> Some men, indeed, only begin to live when it is time for them to leave off living. <...> Some men have left off living before they have begun.