• It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

    Epicurus: It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
    Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”