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So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

Lucretius

Rest, 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.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
There can be no centre in infinity.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Thus it comes That earth, without her seasons of fixed rains, Could bear no produce such as makes us glad, And whatsoever lives, if shut from food, Prolongs its kind and guards its life no more.
LUCRETIUS

Earth Fix Guard Kind Life Rain Season
From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
LUCRETIUS

Amongst Arise Bitter Flower Fountain Spread
One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
LUCRETIUS

Allow Creation Death Except Nature Price
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
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Forever Sum Total Universe
The sum of all sums is eternity.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
If one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.
LUCRETIUS

Earth Escape God People Scare
Nature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another’s death.
LUCRETIUS

Allow Born Death Nature Repair
Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
LUCRETIUS

Forever Total
By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
LUCRETIUS

Death Life Oneself
Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
LUCRETIUS

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.
LUCRETIUS

Pleasant Struggle Wind
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Truths kindle light for truths.
LUCRETIUS

Light One Liner Truth

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

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So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

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