Lucretius Top 10 Quotes
10 | Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began. |
9 | Nothing can be created from nothing. |
8 | Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfections. |
7 | What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth. |
6 | Such evil deeds could religion prompt. |
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Fear was the first thing on earth to make gods. |
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The generations of living things pass in a short time, and like runners hand on the torch of life. |
3 |
Constant dripping hollows out a stone. |
2 | But if one should guide his life by true principles, man's greatest wealth is to live on a little with contented mind; for a little is never lacking. |
1 | Life is one long struggle in the dark. |