One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
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Anand Thakur
One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
LUCRETIUSMen conceal the past scenes of their lives.
LUCRETIUSWe, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
LUCRETIUSConstant dripping hollows out a stone.
LUCRETIUSFor fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.
LUCRETIUSWe notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
LUCRETIUSToo often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?
LUCRETIUSSuch evil deeds could religion prompt.
LUCRETIUSIt is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
LUCRETIUSHow many evils have flowed from religion.
LUCRETIUSDeath is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
LUCRETIUSSo it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
LUCRETIUSYet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.
LUCRETIUSGently touching with the charm of poetry.
LUCRETIUSWhat is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
LUCRETIUSNever trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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