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What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

Lucretius

The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Anand Thakur
Fear is the mother of all gods.
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Anand Thakur
These the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
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Anand Thakur
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Earth Sink
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
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Anand Thakur
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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Beyond Forever Limitation Path
Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
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Anand Thakur
How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
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Feed Sky Stars
True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
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Mindset Pity Power True Universe
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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Heaven Level Victory
For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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Anand Thakur
The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
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Divine Mistake Nature Power See Universe
So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
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Anand Thakur
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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Creation Law Life Necessary Rule Strong Time
Now come: that thou mayst able be to know That minds and the light souls of all that live Have mortal birth and death, I will go on Verses to build meet for thy rule of life, Sought after long, discovered with sweet toil.
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Anand Thakur
Such crimes has superstition caused.
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Crime Reason Superstition

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