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Lucretius

It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.
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Anand Thakur
Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
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Anand Thakur
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
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Anand Thakur
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.
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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
Human life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
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Anand Thakur
No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
LUCRETIUS

Action Difficult Task Willing Yourself
What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
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Anand Thakur
Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care?
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Anand Thakur
It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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Anand Thakur
Such crimes has superstition caused.
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Crime Reason Superstition
Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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Anand Thakur
There can be no centre in infinity.
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Anand Thakur
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
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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Atheist Creation Earth Fear God

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