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Letter "L" » Lucretius Quotes
«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.»
«Nature ever upbuilds one thing from other, suffering naught To come to birth but through some other's death»
«Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, (Nature) does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry»
«What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.»
Author: Lucretius
«Victory puts us on a level with heaven.»
Author: Lucretius
«What is food to one is to another bitter poison.»
Author: Lucretius
«The sum of all sums is eternity.»
Author: Lucretius
«Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.»
«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.»
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