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

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
Lucretius

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

Life is one long struggle in the dark.
Lucretius

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
Lucretius

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

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