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.
More Lucretius Quotes
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Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.
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Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself.
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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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We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
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So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
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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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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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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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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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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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Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
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Only religion can lead to such evil.
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