Fear is the mother of all gods.
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.
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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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Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.
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The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
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How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
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Continual dropping wears away a stone.
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All things obey fixed laws.
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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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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You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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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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We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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