The Epicurean Inscription
, Diogenes of Oinoanda, translated by Martin Ferguson Smith, Bibliopolis, 1993
On the Nature of the Universe
, Lucretius, translated by R. E. Latham, revised by John Godwin, Penguin, 1994
1 If … forms: Fragments, VI.10
2 Pleasure … life: Letter to Menoeceus, 128
3 The … this: Fragments, 59
4 The … happiness: Letter to Menoeceus, 122
5 A … malady: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, III.1070
6 Just … mind: Fragments, 54
7 Send … like: Fragments, 39
8 Of … friendship: Principal Doctrines, 27
9 Before … wolf: quoted in Seneca, Epistle, XIX.10
10 We … politics: Vatican Sayings, 58
11 The … pleasant: Letter to Menoeceus, 126
12 What … anticipation: Letter to Menoeceus, 124–5
13 There … living: Letter to Menoeceus, 125
14 Of … necessary: Principal Doctrines, 29
15 Plain … away: Letter to Menoeceus, 130
16 As … without: Porphyry reporting Epicurus’s view in On Abstinence, 1.51.6–52.1
17 Nothing … little: Fragments, 69
18 The … accomplished?: Vatican Sayings, 71
19 The … joy: Vatican Sayings, 81
20 idle opinions: Principal Doctrines, 29
21 Luxurious … flesh: Diogenes of Oinoanda, Fragment 109
22 One … overflowing: Diogenes of Oinoanda, Fragment 108
23 Real … science: Diogenes of Oinoanda, Fragment 2
24 Having … salvation: Diogenes of Oinoanda, Fragment 3 (adapted)
25 chosen … senses: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, V.1133–4
26 send … like: Fragments, 39
27 ergo … herbas: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, II.20–33
28 When … poverty: Vatican Sayings, 25
29 Mankind … seas: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, V.1430–5
30 It … good: Letter to Menoeceus, 129
Consolation for Frustration
Quotations taken from:
The Annals of Imperial Rome
, Tacitus, translated by Michael Grant, Penguin, 1996
The Twelve Caesars
, Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves, Penguin, 1991
Dialogues and Letters
, Seneca, translated by C. D. N. Costa, Penguin, 1997
Letters from a Stoic
, Seneca, translated by Robin Campbell, Penguin, 1969
Moral Essays
, volume 1, Seneca, translated by John W. Basore, Loeb-Harvard, 1994
Moral Essays
, volume 11, Seneca, translated by John W. Basore, Loeb-Harvard, 1996
Moral and Political Essays
, Seneca, translated by John M. Cooper and J. F. Procopé, CUP, 1995
Naturales Quaestiones
1 & 11, Seneca, translated by T. H. Corcoran, Loeb-Harvard, 1972
1 Where … tutor: Tacitus, XV.62
2 I … end: Tacitus, XV.63
3 He … undisturbed: Epistulae Morales, CIV.28–9
4 the Monster: Suetonius, Caligula, IV.22
5 on … neck!: Suetonius, Caligula, IV.30
6 I … it: Epistulae Morales, LXXVIII.3
7 There … vices: De Ira, II.36.5–6
8 Prosperity … tempers: De Ira, II.21.7
9 What … columns?: De Ira, I.19.4
10 Why … servant?: De Ira, II.25.3
11 Why … talking?: De Ira, III.35.2
12 Is … misbehave?: De Ira, II.31.4
13 There … dare: Epistulae Morales, XCI.15
14 Nothing … happen: Epistulae Morales, XCI.4
15 What … Fortune: De Consolatione ad Marciam, XI.3
16 You … happened …?: De Consolatione ad Marciam, IX.5
17 Who … immobile: Naturales Quaestiones, I.VI.11–12
18 the … never-ending: De Consolatione ad Marciam, IV.1
19 We … property: De Consolatione ad Marciam, IX.1–2
20 No … hour: De Consolatione ad Marciam, X.4
21 [The wise] … thought …: De Ira, II.10.7
22 Fortune … own: Epistulae Morales, LXXII.7
23 Nothing … whirclass="underline" Epistulae Morales, XCI.7
24 Whatever … empires: Epistulae Morales, XCLI.6
25 How … ruins?: Epistulae Morales, XCI.9
26 We … die: Epistulae Morales, XCI.12
27 Mortal … birth: De Consolatione ad Marciam, XI.1
28 Reckon … everything: De Ira, II.31.4
29 Quotiens … petisti: De Consolatione ad Marciam, IX.3
30 I … myself: Epistulae Morales, XIV.16
31 You … hope: Epistulae Morales, XXIV.1
32 I … happen: Epistulae Morales, XXIV.1–2
33 If … prison?: Epistulae Morales, XXIV.3
34 ‘I … now?’: Epistulae Morales, XXIV.17
35 The … good: Epistulae Morales, XVIII.9
36 Is … Fortune: Epistulae Morales, XVIII.5–9
37 Stop … poverty: Vita Beata, XXIII.1
38 I … half: Vita Beata, XXV.5
39 The … himself: De Constantia, V.4
40 The … left: Epistulae Morales, IX.4
41 The … talclass="underline" Vita Beata, XXII.2
42 The … them: Epistulae Morales, IX.5
43 Never … me: Consolation to Helvia, V.4
44 a … spirit: De Constantia, X.3
45 ‘So … table’: De Constantia, X.2
46 [The … everything: Epistulae Morales, LXXXI.25
47 I … mankind: Epistulae Morales, VI.7
48 Imagine … shops: Epistulae Morales, LVI.1–2
49 All … within: Epistulae Morales, LVI.5
50 When … destined: Bishop Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.21 (quoted in A. A. Long & D. N. Sedley, The Hellenistic Philosophers, CUP, 1987, volume 1, p. 386)
51 An … necessity: De Ira, III.16.1
52 When … philosopher: De Tranquillitate Animi, XIV.3
53 A … does: Naturales Quaestiones, II.16
54 Among … air: Naturales Quaestiones, VI.31.1–2
55 Winter … endure: Epistulae Morales, CVII.7–9
56 Quid … est: De Consolatione ad Marciam, xi.1
Consolation for Inadequacy
Quotations taken from:
The Complete Essays
, Michel de Montaigne, translated by M. A. Screech, Penguin, 1991. The notes refer firstly to the book number, then the essay number and lastly the page number.