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.
LUCRETIUSThus, 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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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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How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
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Continual dropping wears away a stone.
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So much wrong could religion induce.
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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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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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One Man’s food is another Man’s Poison
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The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
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Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.
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Fear is the mother of all gods.
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So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
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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.
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You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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