Thus 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.
LUCRETIUSIt is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
More Lucretius Quotes
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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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Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.
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By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Truths kindle light for truths.
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Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.
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We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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All nature, then, as self-sustained, consists Of twain of things: of bodies and of void In which they’re set, and where they’re moved around.
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Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
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Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
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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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