The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
LUCRETIUSDo we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
More Lucretius Quotes
-
-
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
LUCRETIUS -
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.
LUCRETIUS -
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.
LUCRETIUS -
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
LUCRETIUS -
Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
LUCRETIUS -
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
LUCRETIUS -
The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
LUCRETIUS -
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
LUCRETIUS -
So much wrong could religion induce.
LUCRETIUS -
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
LUCRETIUS -
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
LUCRETIUS -
Fear is the mother of all gods.
LUCRETIUS -
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
LUCRETIUS -
The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
LUCRETIUS -
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
LUCRETIUS