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Time changes the nature of the whole world Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself.

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Lucretius
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Titus Lucretius Carus
Titus Carus Lucretius
Nothing
Stays
Whole
Passes
Time
Changes
Like
State
World
Another
Nature
States
Everything

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