One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
LUCRETIUSThe sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
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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.
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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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Fear is the mother of all gods.
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Under 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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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
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Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles.
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Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
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Things stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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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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