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There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.

Lucretius

So much wrong could religion induce.
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Religion Wrong
The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Anand Thakur
O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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Anand Thakur
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
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Anand Thakur
For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Do 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?
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Anand Thakur
From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
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Anand Thakur
The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt.
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Anand Thakur
How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]
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Anand Thakur
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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Explanation Myself Wind
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Earth Sink
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
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Anand Thakur
Fear is the mother of all gods.
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Anand Thakur
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur

There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.

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