Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars Makest to teem the many-voyaged main And… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Epicurus ... whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“hunc igitur terrorem animi tenebrasque necessest non radii solis neque lucida tela diei discutiant, sed naturae species ratioque. (1.146ff.) Therefore it is… — 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
For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the… — 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
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