Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
LUCRETIUSAll life is a struggle in the dark.
More Lucretius Quotes
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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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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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All nature, then, as self-sustained, consists Of twain of things: of bodies and of void In which they’re set, and where they’re moved around.
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Only religion can lead to such evil.
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Epicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
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Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself.
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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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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]
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Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
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The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
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If one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.
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Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
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Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
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