“The popular conception of any philosophical doctrine is necessarily imperfect, and very generally unjust. Lucretius is often alluded to as an atheistical… — Fleeming Jenkin Copy Share Image
“Visible objects therefore do not perish utterly, since nature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the… — 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
“The whole of life but labours in the dark. For just as children tremble and fear all In the viewless dark, so… — Titus Lucretius Carus Copy Share Image
“Burning fevers flee no swifter from your body if you toss under figured counterpanes and coverlets of crimson than if you must… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, as the body suffers the horrors of disease and the pangs of pain, so we see the mind stabbed with anguish,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely spread out. For… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
