Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.
LUCRETIUSOnly religion can lead to such evil.
More Lucretius Quotes
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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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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
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Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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The sum of all sums is eternity.
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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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A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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Meantime, when once we know from nothing still Nothing can be create, we shall divine More clearly what we seek: those elements From which alone all things created are, And how accomplished by no tool of Gods.
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