Continual dropping wears away a stone.
LUCRETIUSThus it comes That earth, without her seasons of fixed rains, Could bear no produce such as makes us glad, And whatsoever lives, if shut from food, Prolongs its kind and guards its life no more.
More Lucretius Quotes
-
-
Nothing comes from nothing.
LUCRETIUS -
All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
LUCRETIUS -
There is so much wrong with the world.
LUCRETIUS -
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
LUCRETIUS -
What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
LUCRETIUS -
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
LUCRETIUS -
We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
LUCRETIUS -
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
LUCRETIUS -
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
LUCRETIUS -
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
LUCRETIUS -
Fear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men think Divinities are working there.
LUCRETIUS -
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
LUCRETIUS -
Only religion can lead to such evil.
LUCRETIUS -
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.
LUCRETIUS -
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
LUCRETIUS