In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
LUCRETIUSNo 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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Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.
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Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
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Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Such crimes has superstition caused.
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If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
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We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
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Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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Nothing comes from nothing.
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If God can do anything he can make a stone so heavy that even he can’t lift it. Then there is something God cannot do, he cannot lift the stone. Therefore God does not exist.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
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From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
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Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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