To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
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Anand Thakur
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
LUCRETIUSAll things obey fixed laws.
LUCRETIUSIt is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
LUCRETIUSSo potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
LUCRETIUSNature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another’s death.
LUCRETIUSNothing comes from nothing.
LUCRETIUSOut beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air’s embrace.
LUCRETIUSFrom the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
LUCRETIUSThe body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
LUCRETIUSWhat once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
LUCRETIUSWere 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.
LUCRETIUSWhy dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care?
LUCRETIUSEpicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
LUCRETIUSFrom the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
LUCRETIUSIf the matter of death is reduced to sleep and rest, what can there be so bitter in it, that any one should pine in eternal grief for the decease of a friend?
LUCRETIUSTears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
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