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From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

Lucretius

It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.
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Allow Collapse Destruction Enter Nature
When 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.
LUCRETIUS

Body Empty Fill Spring Truth
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
LUCRETIUS

Creation Existence
Confess then, naught from nothing can become, Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow, Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.
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Anand Thakur
Some 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.
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Anand Thakur
Those vestiges of natures left behind Which reason cannot quite expel from us Are still so slight that naught prevents a man From living a life even worthy of the gods.
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God Man Nature Prevent Quite Reason Worthy
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.
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Anand Thakur
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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Fake Fight Judgement Reason Yourself
The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.
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Await Built Old Way
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Body Decay Growth Mindset Notice
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
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Drops Fall Hole Rain Stone
You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Were 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.
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Anand Thakur
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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Atheist Creation Earth Fear God
Truths kindle light for truths.
LUCRETIUS

Light One Liner Truth

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

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