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Epicurus

Vatican Sayings Fragment or passage 78

Fragment or passage 58 of 61

Canonical reference 78

English

Peter Saint-Andre · vatican-sayings-open

The noble soul is devoted most of all to wisdom and to friendship - one a mortal good, the other immortal. [ ]

Peter Saint-Andre · vatican-sayings-open

ὁ γενναῖος περὶ σοφίαν καὶ φιλίαν μάλιστα γίγνεται, ὧν τὸ μέν ἐστι θνητὸν ἀγαθόν, τὸ δὲ ἀθάνατον.

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

L’âme noble se consacre avant tout à la sagesse et à l’amitié : l’une est un bien mortel, l’autre un bien immortel. [ ]