"One Man's food is another Man's Poison" — Lucretius
"One Man's food is another Man's Poison"
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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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I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.
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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
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It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,…
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Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops.
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
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Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very…
— Sai Baba
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Acorns were good until bread was found.
— Francis Bacon
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
— Lucille Ball
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Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call…
— Antonio Banderas
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I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just…
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