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One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.

Lucretius

We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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Anand Thakur
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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Greatness Live Mindset Satisfaction Soul Wealth
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
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Forever Sum Total Universe
All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
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Anand Thakur
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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Anand Thakur
It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.
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Pleasant Struggle Wind
I own with reason: for, if men but knew Some fixed end to ills, they would be strong By some device unconquered to withstand Religions and the menacings of seers.
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Conquer Device Known Man Reason Religion
Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
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Anand Thakur
When bodies spring apart, because the air Somehow condenses, wander they from truth: For then a void is formed, where none before; And, too, a void is filled which was before.
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Body Empty Fill Spring Truth
Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.
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Allow Collapse Destruction Enter Nature
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Body Decay Growth Mindset Notice
Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.
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Anand Thakur
Only religion can lead to such evil.
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Evil Leadership Religion
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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Atheist Creation Earth Fear God
We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
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Body Decay Mindset Strength
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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Anand Thakur

One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.

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