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The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Lucretius

What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Earth Sink
Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.
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Anand Thakur
We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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Anand Thakur
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
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Drive Height Man Religion
The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Anand Thakur
Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
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Anand Thakur
Things stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
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Food Oneself Poison Stand
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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Anand Thakur
When bodies spring apart, because the air Somehow condenses, wander they from truth: For then a void is formed, where none before; And, too, a void is filled which was before.
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Body Empty Fill Spring Truth
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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Anand Thakur
The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
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Anand Thakur
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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Anand Thakur
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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Creation Law Life Necessary Rule Strong Time
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
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Anand Thakur
You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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Anand Thakur

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

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