Full Idea
Since having a virtue does not reduce to performing certain kinds of acts, the Epicurean will achieve pleasure only by aiming at being a certain kind of person.
Gist of Idea
Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development
Source
Julia Annas (The Morality of Happiness [1993], 2.4)
Book Reference
Annas,Julia: 'The Morality of Happiness' [OUP 1995], p.86
A Reaction
No Epicurean would want to merely possess virtues, without enacting them. I assume that virtues are sought as guides to finding the finest pleasures (such as friendship).