The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Anand Thakur
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
LUCRETIUSFrom the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
LUCRETIUSThese the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
LUCRETIUSThe sum total of all sums total is eternal.
LUCRETIUSThere can be no centre in infinity.
LUCRETIUSHuman life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
LUCRETIUSThe greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
LUCRETIUSWe cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
LUCRETIUSNo matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
LUCRETIUSAir, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
LUCRETIUSConfess then, naught from nothing can become, Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow, Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.
LUCRETIUSFor thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
LUCRETIUSNothing from nothing ever yet was born.
LUCRETIUSWe notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
LUCRETIUSWhat can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
LUCRETIUSIt’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net.
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