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Lucretius
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Titus Lucretius Carus
Titus Carus Lucretius
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...Thus it comes That earth, without her seasons of fixed rains, Could bear no produce such as makes us glad, And whatsoever lives, if shut from food, Prolongs its kind and guards its life no more.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
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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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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
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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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So much wrong could religion induce.
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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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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The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.
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Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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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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Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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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?
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Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches for never is there any lack of a little.
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beastsbut rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.
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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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True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
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