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Epicurus

Vatican Sayings Fragment or passage 9

Fragment or passage 3 of 61

Canonical reference 9

English

Peter Saint-Andre · vatican-sayings-open

Compulsion is a bad thing, but there is no compulsion to live under compulsion. [ ]

Peter Saint-Andre · vatican-sayings-open

κακὸν ἀνάγκη, ἀλλʼ οὐδεμία ἀνάγκη ζῆν μετὰ ἀνάγκης.

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

La contrainte est une mauvaise chose, mais rien ne nous contraint à vivre sous la contrainte. [ ]