Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
LUCRETIUSI own with reason: for, if men but knew Some fixed end to ills, they would be strong By some device unconquered to withstand Religions and the menacings of seers.
More Lucretius Quotes
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All things obey fixed laws.
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From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
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All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
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Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
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Things stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
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It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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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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Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles.
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The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
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The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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All life is a struggle in the dark.
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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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