Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air’s embrace.
LUCRETIUSEpicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
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Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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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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You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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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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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
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The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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Only religion can lead to such evil.
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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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What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
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The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
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Truths kindle light for truths.
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Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
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