You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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Anand Thakur
You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
LUCRETIUSWere 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.
LUCRETIUSWe notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
LUCRETIUSNow 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.
LUCRETIUSThe body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
LUCRETIUSTears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
LUCRETIUSThe nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
LUCRETIUSHuman life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
LUCRETIUSLife is one long struggle in the dark.
LUCRETIUSAnd life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
LUCRETIUSThe wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
LUCRETIUSWe plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
LUCRETIUSThe sum total of all sums total is eternal.
LUCRETIUSSuch evil deeds could religion prompt.
LUCRETIUSHow is it that the sky feeds the stars?
LUCRETIUSSuch are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
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