We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
LUCRETIUSIf one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.
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Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
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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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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
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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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Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air’s embrace.
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These the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
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It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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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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Fear is the mother of all gods.
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It’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net.
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The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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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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