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.
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Anand Thakur
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.
LUCRETIUSViolence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.
LUCRETIUSWhat is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
LUCRETIUSThe water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
LUCRETIUSViolence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin.
LUCRETIUSWhat once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
LUCRETIUSAnd life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
LUCRETIUSThe mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
LUCRETIUSWhy 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?
LUCRETIUSDeprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.
LUCRETIUSEpicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
LUCRETIUSThings stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
LUCRETIUSFear is the mother of all gods.
LUCRETIUSSuch are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
LUCRETIUSIf 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.
LUCRETIUSSuch evil deeds could religion prompt.
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