It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
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Anand Thakur
It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
LUCRETIUSLook at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
LUCRETIUSIn the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
LUCRETIUSNothing can be created out of nothing.
LUCRETIUSIt is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
LUCRETIUSOur life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
LUCRETIUSWhat is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
LUCRETIUSFear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
LUCRETIUSSo much wrong could religion induce.
LUCRETIUSAnd life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
LUCRETIUSMother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
LUCRETIUSTis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
LUCRETIUSThings stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
LUCRETIUSUnder 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.
LUCRETIUSMen conceal the past scenes of their lives.
LUCRETIUSThe sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
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