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Were 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.

Lucretius

A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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Drops Fall Power Stone
Truths kindle light for truths.
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Light One Liner Truth
Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.
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Body Germ
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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Anand Thakur
Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.
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Anand Thakur
How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]
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Anand Thakur
There is no place in nature for extinction.
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Anand Thakur
Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself.
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Change Nature State Stay Time World
From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
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Anand Thakur
So much wrong could religion induce.
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Religion Wrong
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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Anand Thakur
You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
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Anand Thakur
From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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Amongst Arise Bitter Flower Fountain Spread
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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Live Man Past Scene
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Body Decay Growth Mindset Notice

Were 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.

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Were 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.

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