So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
LUCRETIUSThe sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
More Lucretius Quotes
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Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.
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Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
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I own with reason: for, if men but knew Some fixed end to ills, they would be strong By some device unconquered to withstand Religions and the menacings of seers.
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So much wrong could religion induce.
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How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
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One Man’s food is another Man’s Poison
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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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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]
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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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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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