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> [The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/the-nature-of-the-universe-has-by-no-means-been-made-through-divine/)

[Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/)

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## 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/)

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