No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.
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Anand Thakur
No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.
LUCRETIUSAir, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
LUCRETIUSSo, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
LUCRETIUSFalling drops will at last wear away stone.
LUCRETIUSOne Man’s food is another Man’s Poison
LUCRETIUSDeprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.
LUCRETIUSTruths kindle light for truths.
LUCRETIUSIt is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
LUCRETIUSToo often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?
LUCRETIUSOne thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
LUCRETIUSAll life is a struggle in the dark.
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.
LUCRETIUSIt is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
LUCRETIUSThe mask is torn off, while the reality remains
LUCRETIUSFear is the mother of all gods.
LUCRETIUSThe body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
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