Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
LUCRETIUSThus, 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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We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
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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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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
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The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
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Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
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Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt.
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It’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net whose cords and knots are strong; but even so, enmeshed, entangled, you can still get out unless, poor fool, you stand in your own way.
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All life is a struggle in the dark.
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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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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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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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