Lucretius Quotes

Lucretius

Roman Poet

Died: 55 BC

Bitter Bitterness Flowers Great Life Mind

Related authors: Ausonius Horace Juvenal Lucan Ovid Phaedrus Virgil

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. Lucretius

Water Fall Wears Dropping Stone Away

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

Food Man Poison Others Bitter One-Man

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. Lucretius

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

Life Given None

Life is one long struggle in the dark. Lucretius

Life Struggle Dark Long Long Struggle

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. Lucretius

Bitter Something Arises Wit Stings Very Which Midst Fountain Flowers

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. Lucretius

Religion Evil Potent Persuading Deeds

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. Lucretius

Mind Guilty Though Absent Executioner Dungeon Scourge Blows Apply

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

Great Pleasant Part Over Peril Encounters Behold Warfare Plains Yours

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