Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
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.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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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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A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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One Man’s food is another Man’s Poison
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Now come: that thou mayst able be to know That minds and the light souls of all that live Have mortal birth and death, I will go on Verses to build meet for thy rule of life, Sought after long, discovered with sweet toil.
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There can be no centre in infinity.
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If God can do anything he can make a stone so heavy that even he can’t lift it. Then there is something God cannot do, he cannot lift the stone. Therefore God does not exist.
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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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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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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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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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