It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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Anand Thakur
It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
LUCRETIUSOne thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
LUCRETIUSThe sum of all sums is eternity.
LUCRETIUSThese the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
LUCRETIUSNot they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
LUCRETIUSMeantime, when once we know from nothing still Nothing can be create, we shall divine More clearly what we seek: those elements From which alone all things created are, And how accomplished by no tool of Gods.
LUCRETIUSTrue piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
LUCRETIUSAll life is a struggle in the dark.
LUCRETIUSO goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
LUCRETIUSThough the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
LUCRETIUSThe mask is torn off, while the reality remains
LUCRETIUSSuch evil deeds could religion prompt.
LUCRETIUSGently touching with the charm of poetry.
LUCRETIUSNothing from nothing ever yet was born.
LUCRETIUSNever trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
LUCRETIUSIn the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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