Author: Lucretius

Quotes

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

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

- Lucretius

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

- Lucretius

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

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

- Lucretius

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

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

- Lucretius

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

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

- Lucretius

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

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

- Lucretius

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

- Lucretius

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