Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.
LUCRETIUSNo single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings – the things thus grow Until we know them and name them. By degrees They melt, and are no more the things we know.
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No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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For there is a VOID in things; a truth which it will be useful for you, in reference to many points, to know; and which will prevent you from wandering in doubt.
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It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
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Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
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Nothing can be created out of nothing.
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Nothing comes from nothing.
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We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
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It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.
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It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
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Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
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How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
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How many evils have flowed from religion.
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For out of doubt In these affairs ’tis each man’s will itself That gives the start, and hence throughout our limbs Incipient motions are diffused.
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