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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.

Lucretius

Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.
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Anand Thakur
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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Earth Sink
For out of doubt In these affairs ’tis each man’s will itself That gives the start, and hence throughout our limbs Incipient motions are diffused.
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Anand Thakur
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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Drops Fall Power Stone
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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Anand Thakur
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
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Anand Thakur
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
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Drive Height Man Religion
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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Absence Blow Guilty Mindset
For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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Anand Thakur
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
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Drops Fall Hole Rain Stone
You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
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Anand Thakur
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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Anand Thakur
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Anand Thakur
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt.
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Anand Thakur

Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.

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