Lucretius Quotes

Lucretius Quote

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Lucretius

Stone, Constant, Dripping

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
Lucretius

Live, Mind, Greatest

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
Lucretius

Rain, Violence, Falling

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Religion, Evil, Deeds

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

Great, Yourself, Joy

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
Lucretius

Bitterness, Flowers, Taste

And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
Lucretius

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Lucretius

Heart, Bitterness, Flowers

Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
Lucretius

Religion, Men, Driven

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
Lucretius

Food, Others, Bitter

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
Lucretius

Great, Live, Mind

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.
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Life, Living, Others

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
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Away, Water, Fall

Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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Life, Struggle, Long

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
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Another, Sweet, High

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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Victory, Heaven, Level

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
Lucretius

Bitter, Flowers, Wit

Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
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Great, Pleasant, Yours

The sum of all sums is eternity.
Lucretius

Eternity, Sum, Sums

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
Lucretius

Mind, Guilty, Though

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Poet

Born: 94 BC

Died: 55 BC

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