There is no place in nature for extinction.
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Anand Thakur
There is no place in nature for extinction.
LUCRETIUSViolence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.
LUCRETIUSIt’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net.
LUCRETIUSThe sum total of all sums total is eternal.
LUCRETIUSLook at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
LUCRETIUSNever trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
LUCRETIUSHuman life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
LUCRETIUSWhat once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
LUCRETIUSAll life is a struggle in the dark.
LUCRETIUSMen are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
LUCRETIUSSuch evil deeds could religion prompt.
LUCRETIUSBy protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
LUCRETIUSNot they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
LUCRETIUSForbear 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.
LUCRETIUSGlobed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift.
LUCRETIUSFalling drops will at last wear away stone.
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