“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth… — 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… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Certainly it was no design of the atoms to place themselves in a particular order, nor did they decide what motions each… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“You see that stones are worn away by time, Rocks rot, and twoers topple, even the shrines And images of the gods… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It was certainly not by design that the particles fell into order, they did not work out what they were going to… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Anything made out of destructible matter Infinite time would have devoured before. But if the atoms that make and replenish the world… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused? — Lucretius Copy Share Image
When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
For it is unknown what is the real nature of the soul, whether it be born with the bodily frame or be… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Nature obliges everything to change about. One thing crumbles and falls in the weakness of age; Another grows in its place from… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Certainly it was no design of the atoms to place themselves in a particular order, nor did they decide what motions each… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Long time men lay oppress'd with slavish fear Religion's tyranny did domineer ... At length a mighty one of Greece began To… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
The generations of living things pass in a short time, and like runners hand on the torch of life — 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
