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Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.

Lucretius

Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.
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Anand Thakur
It’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net.
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Anand Thakur
So 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.
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Anand Thakur
If one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.
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Earth Escape God People Scare
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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Heaven Level Victory
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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Anand Thakur
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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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
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
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
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Death Life Oneself
No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.
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Believe Diminish Equality Simplicity Time Wonder
Truths kindle light for truths.
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Light One Liner Truth
There is so much wrong with the world.
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World Wrong
For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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Anand Thakur
These the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
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Anand Thakur

Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.

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