--- title: "16 Ifs Quotes By Lucretius" description: "16 Ifs quotes by Lucretius. Plus more from Lucretius and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e5/lucretius-1632_atoms_anything-made-out-of-destructible-matter_1009849.png" --- > [Anything made out of destructible matter Infinite time would have devoured before. But if the atoms that make and replenish the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/anything-made-out-of-destructible-matter-infinite-time-would-have/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e5/lucretius-1632_atoms_anything-made-out-of-destructible-matter_1009849.png) > [Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/do-we-not-see-all-humans-unaware-of-what-they-want-and-always/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/lucretius-1632_bears_do-we-not-see-all-humans-unaware-of-what_937205.png) > [I own with reason: for, if men but knew Some fixed end to ills, they would be strong By some device unconquered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/i-own-with-reason-for-if-men-but-knew-some-fixed-end-to-ills-they/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/lucretius-1632_devices_i-own-with-reason-for-if-men-but-knew-so_3073945.png) > [...if one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/if-one-thing-frightens-people-it-is-that-so-much-happens-on-earth-and/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/lucretius-1632_atheism_if-one-thing-frightens-people-it-is-that_2762546.png) > [If the matter of death is reduced to sleep and rest, what can there be so bitter in it, that any one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/if-the-matter-of-death-is-reduced-to-sleep-and-rest-what-can-there-be/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/lucretius-1632_bitter_if-the-matter-of-death-is-reduced-to-sle_1341203.png) > [If God can do anything he can make a stone so heavy that even he can't lift it. Then there is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/if-god-can-do-anything-he-can-make-a-stone-so-heavy-that-even-he-can/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/lucretius-1632_can-do_if-god-can-do-anything-he-can-make-a-sto_1479395.png) > [Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/forbear-to-spew-out-reason-from-your-mind-but-rather-ponder/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/lucretius-1632_atheism_forbear-to-spew-out-reason-from-your-min_884514.jpg) > [If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/if-men-saw-that-a-term-was-set-to-their-troubles-they-would-find/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/lucretius-1632_finding-strength_if-men-saw-that-a-term-was-set-to-their_2421708.png) > [Why shed tears that you must die? For if your past life has been one of enjoyment, and if all your pleasures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/why-shed-tears-that-you-must-die-for-if-your-past-life-has-been-one/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/lucretius-1632_behinds_why-shed-tears-that-you-must-die-for-if_3043252.png) > [But since I've taught that bodies of matter, made Completely solid, hither and thither fly Forevermore unconquered through all time, Now come,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/but-since-i-ve-taught-that-bodies-of-matter-made-completely-solid/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/lucretius-1632_all-things_but-since-i-ve-taught-that-bodies-of-mat_2137447.png) > [If anyone decided to call the sea Neptune, and corn Ceres, and to misapply the name of Bacchus rather than to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/if-anyone-decided-to-call-the-sea-neptune-and-corn-ceres-and-to/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/lucretius-1632_atheism_if-anyone-decided-to-call-the-sea-neptun_339934.jpg) > [Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/many-animals-even-now-spring-out-of-the-soil-coalescing-from-the/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/lucretius-1632_animal_many-animals-even-now-spring-out-of-the_2172601.jpg) > [If atom stocks are inexhaustible, Greater than power of living things to count, If Nature's same creative power were present too To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/if-atom-stocks-are-inexhaustible-greater-than-power-of-living-things/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/lucretius-1632_atoms_if-atom-stocks-are-inexhaustible-greater_2557882.png) > [But if anyone were to conduct his life by reason He would find great riches in living a peaceful life And being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/but-if-anyone-were-to-conduct-his-life-by-reason-he-would-find-great/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/lucretius-1632_dangerous_but-if-anyone-were-to-conduct-his-life-b_3157040.jpg) > [...Thus it comes That earth, without her seasons of fixed rains, Could bear no produce such as makes us glad, And whatsoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/thus-it-comes-that-earth-without-her-seasons-of-fixed-rains-could/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/lucretius-1632_bears_thus-it-comes-that-earth-without-her-sea_2864109.png) > [Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/even-if-i-knew-nothing-of-the-atoms-i-would-venture-to-assert-on-the/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/lucretius-1632_argument_even-if-i-knew-nothing-of-the-atoms-i-wo_94103.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Lucretius > [The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/the-wailing-of-the-newborn-infant-is-mingled-with-the-dirge-for-the/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/watch-a-man-in-times-of-adversity-to-discover-what-kind-of-man-he-is/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [First, then, I say, that the mind, which we often call the intellect, in which is placed the conduct and government of life, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/first-then-i-say-that-the-mind-which-we-often-call-the-intellect-in/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [See with what force yon river's crystal stream Resists the weight of many a massy beam. To sink the wood the more we vainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/see-with-what-force-yon-river-s-crystal-stream-resists-the-weight-of/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [“...nothing is more blissful than to occupy the heights effectively fortified by the teaching of the wise, tranquil sanctuaries from which you can look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/nothing-is-more-blissful-than-to-occupy-the-heights-effectively/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [ ... deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, \[Nature\] does not need us, nor understands our deserts,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/deprived-of-pain-and-also-deprived-of-danger-able-to-do-what-it-wants/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/it-is-a-pleasure-for-to-sit-at-ease-upon-the-land-and-safely-for-to/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/even-if-i-knew-nothing-of-the-atoms-i-would-venture-to-assert-on-the/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/nothing-from-nothing-ever-yet-was-born/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/we-plainly-perceive-that-the-mind-strengthens-and-decays-with-the-body/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/for-piety-lies-not-in-being-often-seen-turning-a-veiled-head-to/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know them and name them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/no-single-thing-abides-but-all-things-flow-fragment-to-fragment/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/what-came-from-the-earth-returns-back-to-the-earth-and-the-spirit/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/for-thee-the-wonder-working-earth-puts-forth-sweet-flowers/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) > [No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/no-matter-how-difficult-a-task-may-look-persistence-and-steady-action/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/lucretius/#itemlist", "name": "16 Ifs Quotes By Lucretius", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anything made out of destructible matter Infinite time would have devoured before. But if the atoms that make and replenish the world Have endured through the immense span of the past Their natures are immortal-that is clear. 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