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Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.

Lucretius

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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Anand Thakur
How many evils has religion caused! [Lat., Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!]
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Anand Thakur
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Body Decay Growth Mindset Notice
Such crimes has superstition caused.
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Crime Reason Superstition
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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Anand Thakur
Epicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
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Genius Human Kind Light Rise Stars Sun
Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.
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Anand Thakur
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
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Drops Fall Hole Rain Stone
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Fear is the mother of all gods.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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Anand Thakur
Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.
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Anand Thakur
Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
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Anand Thakur
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
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Anand Thakur
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
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Anand Thakur

Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.

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Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.

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