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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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.
LUCRETIUSUnder what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the strong rules that govern its lifetime.
LUCRETIUSThe mask is torn off, while the reality remains
LUCRETIUSIf men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
LUCRETIUSFalling drops will at last wear away stone.
LUCRETIUSDeath is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
LUCRETIUSWe notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
LUCRETIUSThings stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
LUCRETIUSAll things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
LUCRETIUSAir, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
LUCRETIUSHow is it that the sky feeds the stars?
LUCRETIUSWhat once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
LUCRETIUSRest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
LUCRETIUSSo potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
LUCRETIUSGently touching with the charm of poetry.
LUCRETIUSIt is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
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