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Lucretius [-94--55] Roman
Rank: 101
Poet


Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem De rerum natura about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which is usually translated into English as On the Nature of Things.

Religion, Food, Great, Men, Space, Wisdom



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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. Great
101
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
102
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. Food
103
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. Men, Religion
104
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. Wisdom
105
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.
106
From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
107
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. Religion
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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. Space
109
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
110
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
111
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
112
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
113
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
114
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
115
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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The sum of all sums is eternity.
118
Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
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