All things obey fixed laws.
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Anand Thakur
All things obey fixed laws.
LUCRETIUSA falling drop at last will carve a stone.
LUCRETIUSIt is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
LUCRETIUSFrom the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
LUCRETIUSUnder what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the strong rules that govern its lifetime.
LUCRETIUSWhat once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
LUCRETIUSTo none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
LUCRETIUSAir, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
LUCRETIUSWhen bodies spring apart, because the air Somehow condenses, wander they from truth: For then a void is formed, where none before; And, too, a void is filled which was before.
LUCRETIUSSome species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.
LUCRETIUSConstant dripping hollows out a stone.
LUCRETIUSSo potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
LUCRETIUSOnly religion can lead to such evil.
LUCRETIUSIf men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
LUCRETIUSFear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
LUCRETIUSNothing can be created out of nothing.
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