Lucretius
Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Caruswas 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...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
eternity
The sum of all sums is eternity.
flower enchantment paradise
From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
flower bitter fountain
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
eye new-beginnings firsts
The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
progress limits things-change
Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.
wise men thinking
Fear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men think Divinities are working there.
discovery mind body
The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
flower heart delight
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
truth knowledge giving
What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
encouragement persistence looks
No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through
superstitions crime
Such crimes has superstition caused.
earth firsts
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
stones dropping
Continual dropping wears away a stone.
stars sky
How is it that the sky feeds the stars?