High seas Quote by Lucretius

The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lucretius

... deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts,…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lucretius

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

— Lucretius

We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.

— 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…

— Lucretius

No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know them and name them.…

— Lucretius