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Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: For whatever changes and leaves its natural boundsis instant death of that which was before.

For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds
is instant death of that which was before.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: To fear death, then, is foolish, since death is the final and complete annihilation of personal identity, the ultimate release from anxiety and pain.

To fear death, then, is foolish, since death is the final and complete annihilation of personal identity, the ultimate release from anxiety and pain.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Rather, there must be seeds, unseen, combined 895 in many ways and common to many things.

Rather, there must be seeds, unseen, combined 895 in many ways and common to many things.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Words pass through walls and slip past lock and key,and numbing cold seeps to our very bones.

Words pass through walls and slip past lock and key,
and numbing cold seeps to our very bones.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: There can be no centrein infinity.

There can be no centre
in infinity.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Continual dropping wears away a stone.

Continual dropping wears away a stone.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Matter's basic elements are solid,Completely so, and that they fly through timeInvincible, indestructible for ever.

Matter's basic elements are solid,
Completely so, and that they fly through time
Invincible, indestructible for ever.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: If the world is the product of nothing but natural forces and natural law, divine intervention is impossible.

If the world is the product of nothing but natural forces and natural law, divine intervention is impossible.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum. (To such heights of evil are men driven by religion.)

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum. (To such heights of evil are men driven by religion.)

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: If within wood hide flame and smoke and ash then wood consists of things unlike itself.

If within wood hide flame and smoke and ash then wood consists of things unlike itself.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Nothing can dwindle to nothing, as Nature restores one thing from the stuff of another, nor does she allow a birth, without a corresponding death.

Nothing can dwindle to nothing, as Nature restores one thing from the stuff of another, nor does she allow a birth, without a corresponding death.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: He does not see that all things slowly weaken and fall to ruin,2 worn out by ages past.

He does not see that all things slowly weaken and fall to ruin,2 worn out by ages past.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: And so, through the blank of void, all things must fall at equal speed, though not of equal weight.

And so, through the blank of void, all things must fall at equal speed, though not of equal weight.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: So far as it goes, a small thing may give analogy of great things, and show the tracks of knowledge.

So far as it goes, a small thing may give analogy of great things, and show the tracks of knowledge.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: The atoms in it must be used over and over again; thus the death of one thing becomes necessary for the birth of another.

The atoms in it must be used over and over again; thus the death of one thing becomes necessary for the birth of another.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Burning fevers flee no swifter from your body if you toss under figured counterpanes and coverlets of crimson than if you must lie in rude homespun.

Burning fevers flee no swifter from your body if you toss under figured counterpanes and coverlets of crimson than if you must lie in rude homespun.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Such heinous acts could superstition prompt.12

Such heinous acts could superstition prompt.12

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Truths kindle light for truths.

Truths kindle light for truths.

Titus Lucretius Carus quotes: Man's greatest wealth is to live on a little with contented mind; for little is never lacking.

Man's greatest wealth is to live on a little with contented mind; for little is never lacking.