How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
LUCRETIUS
LUCRETIUS
More from Lucretius
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
LucretiusLucretius Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
LucretiusLucretius O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
LucretiusLucretius We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
LucretiusLucretius We in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
LucretiusLucretius Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
LucretiusLucretius Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
LucretiusLucretius Human life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
LucretiusLucretius Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air’s embrace.
LucretiusLucretius You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
LucretiusLucretius Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
LucretiusLucretius Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
LucretiusLucretius The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
LucretiusLucretius Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
LucretiusLucretius Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
LucretiusLucretius 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.
LucretiusLucretius
Original quotes
From our community writers
With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Don’t let unimportant people have too much power over you.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park Remember that your purpose is indeed to be nothing else but YOU, all that you are and all that you want to be.
ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
Makenzie CampbellMakenzie Campbell
Meet the writers
More on feed
My faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you.
Mr. TMr. T We have many, many words, but not that one. To me, healthy means paying close attention to feeding people.
Alain DucasseAlain Ducasse The strong and undeniable fundamentals of low-cost clean energy and the cheapest petrochemical feed-stocks in the world will prevail we believe and we’re seeing the demand pool beginning to grow.
Alun ArmstrongAlun Armstrong Bloodletting on my premises that I ain’t approved I take as a f***ing affront. It puts me off my feed.
Al SwearengenAl Swearengen They have someone who feeds her what she is supposed to say. Like she can’t hold a conversation.
Adrienne BailonAdrienne Bailon Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don’t feed the source, it dissipates entirely.
Adriana TrigianiAdriana Trigiani There’s a certain level of pageantry with ‘Idol,’ and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.
Adam LambertAdam Lambert Love all, serve all, feed all.
Neem Karoli BabaNeem Karoli Baba