Friends must have all things in common; not in the sense of legal ownership, which would be impracticable, and, as epicurus pointed out, would imply mutual distrust; but in the sense of a willingness on the part of each to do for the other all that is in his power.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
But among the moral teachers of antiquity he acknowledges epicurus only.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
It is the embodiment of the lighter side of the philosophy of epicurus, without the elevation of the speculative and scientific curiosity which gave serious interest even to that form of the philosophic life.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar