Meantime, when once we know from nothing still Nothing can be create, we shall divine More clearly what we seek: those elements From which alone all things created are, And how accomplished by no tool of Gods.
LUCRETIUS- Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.
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Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.
More Lucretius Quotes
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Meantime, when once we know from nothing still Nothing can be create, we shall divine More clearly what we seek: those elements From which alone all things created are, And how accomplished by no tool of Gods.
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Only religion can lead to such evil.
LUCRETIUSOnly religion can lead to such evil.
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No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
LUCRETIUSNo matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.
LUCRETIUSThose things that are in the light we behold from darkness.
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I 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.
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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True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
LUCRETIUSTrue piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
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Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
LUCRETIUSGently touching with the charm of poetry.
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Fear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men think Divinities are working there.
LUCRETIUSFear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men think Divinities are working there.
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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
LUCRETIUSNever trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.
LUCRETIUSBodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.
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The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
LUCRETIUSThe body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
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Things stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
LUCRETIUSThings stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
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Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
LUCRETIUSSuch evil deeds could religion prompt.
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We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
LUCRETIUSWe, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
LUCRETIUSSo potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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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?
LUCRETIUSWhat can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
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