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.
LUCRETIUSMen conceal the past scenes of their lives.
More Lucretius Quotes
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What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
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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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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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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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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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Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
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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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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
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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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Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
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Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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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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