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Lucretius quotes: Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began. Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.
Lucretius quotes: One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death. One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
Lucretius quotes: So much wrong could religion induce. So much wrong could religion induce.
Lucretius quotes: The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it. The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
Lucretius quotes: There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa) There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)
Lucretius quotes: It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
Lucretius quotes: Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles. Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
Lucretius quotes: Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is. Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
Lucretius quotes: Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared. Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
Lucretius quotes: So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light. So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
Lucretius quotes: One Man's food is another Man's Poison One Man's food is another Man's Poison
Lucretius quotes: Violence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin. Violence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin.
Lucretius quotes: How many evils have flowed from religion. How many evils have flowed from religion.
Lucretius quotes: Victory puts us on a level with heaven. Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
Lucretius quotes: Such evil deeds could religion prompt. Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
Lucretius quotes: All life is a struggle in the dark. All life is a struggle in the dark.
Lucretius quotes: Epicurus ... whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun. Epicurus ... whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
Lucretius quotes: Men conceal the past scenes of their lives. Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
Lucretius quotes: So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
Lucretius quotes: The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
Lucretius quotes: The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt. The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt.
Lucretius quotes: Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion. Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
Lucretius quotes: All nature, then, as self-sustained, consistsOf twain of things: of bodies and of voidIn which they're set, and where they're moved around. All nature, then, as self-sustained, consists
Of twain of things: of bodies and of void
In which they're set, and where they're moved around.
Lucretius quotes: Thus, then, the All that is is limitedIn no one region of its onward paths,For then 'tmust have forever its beyond. Thus, then, the All that is is limited
In no one region of its onward paths,
For then 'tmust have forever its beyond.
Lucretius quotes: Bodies, again,Are partly primal germs of things, and partlyUnions deriving from the primal germs. Bodies, again,
Are partly primal germs of things, and partly
Unions deriving from the primal germs.
Lucretius quotes: All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
Lucretius quotes: What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
Lucretius quotes: You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely. You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
Lucretius quotes: From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment. From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
Lucretius quotes: Our life must once have end; in vain we flyFrom following Fate; e'en now, e'en now, we die. Our life must once have end; in vain we fly
From following Fate; e'en now, e'en now, we die.
Lucretius quotes: To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease. To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
Lucretius quotes: Confess then, naught from nothing can become,Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow,Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air. Confess then, naught from nothing can become,
Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow,
Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.
Lucretius quotes: The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone. The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.
Lucretius quotes: Fear is the mother of all gods ... Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. Fear is the mother of all gods ... Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
Lucretius quotes: It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
Lucretius quotes: No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through
Lucretius quotes: It's easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net. It's easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net.
Lucretius quotes: We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body. We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
Lucretius quotes: The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop. The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
Lucretius quotes: Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it. Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.
Lucretius quotes: Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before. Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.
Lucretius quotes: And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all. And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
Lucretius quotes: The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).[Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.] The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
[Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]
Lucretius quotes: Fear is the mother of all gods. Fear is the mother of all gods.
Lucretius quotes: What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false? What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
Lucretius quotes: Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods. Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
Lucretius quotes: We in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true. We in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
Lucretius quotes: From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Lucretius quotes: In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
Lucretius quotes: We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear. We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
Lucretius quotes: O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm. O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
Lucretius quotes: There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less. There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
Lucretius quotes: From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
Lucretius quotes: What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others
Lucretius quotes: Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions. Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Lucretius quotes: Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness. Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.
Lucretius quotes: Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care? Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care?
Lucretius quotes: Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile. Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
Lucretius quotes: The sum of all sums is eternity. The sum of all sums is eternity.
Lucretius quotes: Such crimes has superstition caused. Such crimes has superstition caused.
Lucretius quotes: A falling drop at last will carve a stone. A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
Lucretius quotes: Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril. Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
Lucretius quotes: [N]ature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another's death. [N]ature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another's death.
Lucretius quotes: The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine. The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
Lucretius quotes: How is it that the sky feeds the stars? How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
Lucretius quotes: Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight. Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight.
Lucretius quotes: The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Lucretius quotes: If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets. If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
Lucretius quotes: Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods. -Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods. -Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas
Lucretius quotes: Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself. Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself.
Lucretius quotes: The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye. The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
Lucretius quotes: Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea. Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
Lucretius quotes: For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers. For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
Lucretius quotes: Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions ... How many evils has religion caused? Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions ... How many evils has religion caused?
Lucretius quotes: Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
Lucretius quotes: Falling drops will at last wear away stone. Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
Lucretius quotes: By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death. By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
Lucretius quotes: How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.[Lat., O miseras hominum menteis! oh, pectora caeca!] How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
[Lat., O miseras hominum menteis! oh, pectora caeca!]
Lucretius quotes: Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air's embrace. Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air's embrace.
Lucretius quotes: You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you. You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
Lucretius quotes: To ask for power is forcing uphill a stone which after all rolls back again from the summit and seeks in headlong haste the levels of the plain. To ask for power is forcing uphill a stone which after all rolls back again from the summit and seeks in headlong haste the levels of the plain.
Lucretius quotes: Things stand apart so far and differ, that What's food for one is poison for another. Things stand apart so far and differ, that What's food for one is poison for another.
Lucretius quotes: Nothing from nothing ever yet was born. Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
Lucretius quotes: These [the senses] we trust, first, last, and always. These [the senses] we trust, first, last, and always.
Lucretius quotes: It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another. It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.
Lucretius quotes: From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers. From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
Lucretius quotes: What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth. What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
Lucretius quotes: Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal. Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
Lucretius quotes: In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life. In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life.
Lucretius quotes: Gently touching with the charm of poetry. Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
Lucretius quotes: Only religion can lead to such evil. Only religion can lead to such evil.
Lucretius quotes: Tears for the mourners who are left behindPeace everlasting for the quiet dead. Tears for the mourners who are left behind
Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
Lucretius quotes: The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love. The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
Lucretius quotes: The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
Lucretius quotes: Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated. Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
Lucretius quotes: There is no place in nature for extinction. There is no place in nature for extinction.
Lucretius quotes: Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them. Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
Lucretius quotes: It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another. It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
Lucretius quotes: We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays. We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Lucretius quotes: The mask is torn off, while the reality remains The mask is torn off, while the reality remains

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