"Men conceal the past scenes of their lives." — Lucretius
"Men conceal the past scenes of their lives."
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Lucretius
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97 Quotes by Lucretius
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All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with…
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No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know…
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life.
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Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great…
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Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
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From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
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Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small…
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The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
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Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.
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Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid…
— Margaret Atwood
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
— Jane Austen
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Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
— James Agate
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
— Martial
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The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to…
— Osbert Sitwell
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If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up,…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.
— Honore de Balzac
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Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their…
— Samuel Johnson
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If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.
— Jean Giraudoux
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