Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
LUCRETIUSFrom the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
More Lucretius Quotes
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There can be no centre in infinity.
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Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
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Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
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O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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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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The sum of all sums is eternity.
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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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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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Thus it comes That earth, without her seasons of fixed rains, Could bear no produce such as makes us glad, And whatsoever lives, if shut from food, Prolongs its kind and guards its life no more.
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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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Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
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Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
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There is no place in nature for extinction.
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