First, then, I say, that the mind, which we often call the intellect, in which is placed the conduct and government of… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
And since the mind is of a man one part, Which in one fixed place remains, like ears, And eyes, and every… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Now come: that thou mayst able be to know That minds and the light souls of all that live Have mortal birth… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Assuredly whatsoever things are fabled to exist in deep Acheron, these all exist in this life. There is no wretched Tantalus, fearing… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“O even as here thou art, aslumber in death, So shalt thou slumber down the rest of time, Released from every harrying… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“A man leaves his great house because he's bored With life at home, and suddenly returns, Finding himself no happier abroad. He… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e'en now, e'en now, we die. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
And many kinds of creatures must have died, Unable to plant out new sprouts of life. For whatever you see that lives… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Those vestiges of natures left behind Which reason cannot quite expel from us Are still so slight that naught prevents a man… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
If atom stocks are inexhaustible, Greater than power of living things to count, If Nature's same creative power were present too To… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
...Thus it comes That earth, without her seasons of fixed rains, Could bear no produce such as makes us glad, And whatsoever… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Why shed tears that you must die? For if your past life has been one of enjoyment, and if all your pleasures… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
First, then, I say, that the mind, which we often call the intellect, in which is placed the conduct and government of life, is… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
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… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“...nothing is more blissful than to occupy the heights effectively fortified by the teaching of the wise, tranquil sanctuaries from which you can look… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
... deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know them and name them.… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
