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Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.

Lucretius

Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.
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Anand Thakur
Those vestiges of natures left behind Which reason cannot quite expel from us Are still so slight that naught prevents a man From living a life even worthy of the gods.
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God Man Nature Prevent Quite Reason Worthy
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
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
How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
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Feed Sky Stars
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
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Anand Thakur
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
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Drops Fall Hole Rain Stone
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
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
So much wrong could religion induce.
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Religion Wrong
It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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Anand Thakur
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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Greatness Live Mindset Satisfaction Soul Wealth
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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Land Seas Struggle Sweet Water
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
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Anand Thakur
For 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.
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Admire Fools Hide Love See Sound Truth Verse

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