Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
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Anand Thakur
Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
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All nature, then, as self-sustained, consists Of twain of things: of bodies and of void In which they’re set, and where they’re moved around.
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Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
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O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
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A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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Why 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?
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Human life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
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Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
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Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
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Only religion can lead to such evil.
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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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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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There is no place in nature for extinction.
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Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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