"The drops of rain make a hole in……" — Lucretius
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling."
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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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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with…
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong…
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when…
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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
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Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
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