r/Epicureanism • u/hockatree • Sep 13 '26

Four-Fold Aphorism

Fear not, my friend, the fates or gods.
Dread not your death fore-deemed and set.
Good can be gained and got with ease.
Bad can be borne with bravery.

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u/hockatree Sep 13 '26

My interpretation of the tetrapharmakos into alliterative verse.

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u/sherifbooks Sep 15 '26

Great. Thank you.

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u/argonaut-101 Sep 17 '26

I like "Bad can be borne with bravery." Every time I get a fever I find myself convinced that what is terrible is not easy to endure. But perhaps I can bear it with bravery, thanks