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The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.

Lucretius

Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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Anand Thakur
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles.
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Land Seas Struggle Sweet Water
From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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Amongst Arise Bitter Flower Fountain Spread
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.
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Anand Thakur
You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
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Anand Thakur
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Earth Sink
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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Anand Thakur
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
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Creation Existence
The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
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Anand Thakur
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.
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Anand Thakur
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
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Anand Thakur
How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
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Blind Man Mindset Understand
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Anand Thakur
The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
LUCRETIUS

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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