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O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.

Lucretius

I own with reason: for, if men but knew Some fixed end to ills, they would be strong By some device unconquered to withstand Religions and the menacings of seers.
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Conquer Device Known Man Reason Religion
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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Anand Thakur
The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Anand Thakur
Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
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Anand Thakur
Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
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Anand Thakur
The sum of all sums is eternity.
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Anand Thakur
Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
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Anand Thakur
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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Explanation Myself Wind
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
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Forever Sum Total Universe
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Anand Thakur
So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
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Creation Existence
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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Anand Thakur
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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Anand Thakur
It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
LUCRETIUS

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.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur

O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.

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