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Lucretius
Roman
Poet
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Flowers
#Taste
#Bitterness
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Flowers
#Wit
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Life
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
The sum of all sums is eternity.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Eternity
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Angels
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Food
#Man
#Poison
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Heart
#Flowers
#Delight
#Bitterness
Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Mind
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Heaven
#Victory
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Want
#Mind
#Content
#Wealth
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Water
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Land
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Men
#Religion
#Wickedness
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Evil
#Religion
#Deeds
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Trouble
#Man
#Sea
#Joy
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Mind
#Soul
#Wealth
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Violence
#Rain
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Life
#Struggle
Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.
Lucretius,
Roman
Poet
#Life
#Being
#Living
#Nations
#Space
#Generations