Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Lucretius quotes, Lucretius sayings, and Lucretius proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
How is it that the sky feeds the stars?Lucretius
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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.Lucretius
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.Lucretius
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Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.Lucretius
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What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.Lucretius
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.Lucretius
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.Lucretius
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.Lucretius
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.Lucretius
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It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.Lucretius
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There can be no centre in infinity.Lucretius
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Vineyards and shining harvests, pastures, arbors, And all this our very utmost toil Can hardly care for, we wear down our strength Whether in oxen or in men, we dull The edges of our ploughshares, and in return Our fields turn mean and stingy, underfed, And so today the farmer shakes his head, More and more often sighing that his work, The labour of his hands, has come to naught.Lucretius
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The mask is torn off, while the reality remainsLucretius
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The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt.Lucretius
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Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars Makest to teem the many-voyaged main And fruitful lands- for all of living things Through thee alone are evermore conceived, Through thee are risen to visit the great sun- Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on, Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away, For thee the daedal Earth bears scented flowers, For thee waters of the unvexed deep Smile, and the hollows of the serene sky Glow with diffused radiance for thee.Lucretius
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.Lucretius
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Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.Lucretius
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What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.Lucretius
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The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.Lucretius
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The mind grows and decays with the body. Lucretius
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The falling drops, at last, will wear the stone.Lucretius
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The gods and their tranquil abodes appear, which no winds disturb, nor clouds bedew with showers, nor does the white snow, hardened by frost, annoy them; the heaven, always pure, is without clouds, and smiles with pleasant light diffused.Lucretius
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