To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
LUCRETIUSThe nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
More Lucretius Quotes
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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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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The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Human life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
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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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All life is a struggle in the dark.
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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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It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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Truths kindle light for truths.
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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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If 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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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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It’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net whose cords and knots are strong; but even so, enmeshed, entangled, you can still get out unless, poor fool, you stand in your own way.
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