The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
LUCRETIUSNothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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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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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
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Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles.
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The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
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What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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Fear is the mother of all gods.
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What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
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Epicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
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One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
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Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Fear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men think Divinities are working there.
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It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
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Nothing comes from nothing.
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
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It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.
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Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
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Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.
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Under what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the strong rules that govern its lifetime.
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For there is a VOID in things; a truth which it will be useful for you, in reference to many points, to know; and which will prevent you from wandering in doubt.
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