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.
LUCRETIUSThus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.
More Lucretius Quotes
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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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Confess then, naught from nothing can become, Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow, Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.
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So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
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How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
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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.
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No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.
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Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
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From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
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Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
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There is no place in nature for extinction.
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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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In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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