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How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]

Lucretius

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

Divine Mistake Nature Power See Universe
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Confess then, naught from nothing can become, Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow, Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?
LUCRETIUS

Action Crime Often Past Reason Religion Time
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
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Anand Thakur
Continual dropping wears away a stone.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
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.
LUCRETIUS

Conquer Device Known Man Reason Religion
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
LUCRETIUS

Earth Sink
It’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net whose cords and knots are strong; but even so, enmeshed, entangled, you can still get out unless, poor fool, you stand in your own way.
LUCRETIUS

Avoid Easy Fools Knot Love Stand Way Yourself
Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
LUCRETIUS

Action Difficult Task Willing Yourself

How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]

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