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
newborn wailing infant
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
adversity men doubt
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
nature extinction
There is no place in nature for extinction.
strong mind jam
When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and mind and speech fail. [Lat., Ubi jam valideis quassatum est viribus aevi Corpus, et obtuseis ceciderunt viribus artus, Claudicat ingenium delirat linguaque mensque.]
eternity eternal universe
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]
eye men dust
Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight.
brother hate atheism
Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
medicine sick mind
The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
odds atheism may
Since you must admit that there is nothing outside the universe, it can have no limit and is accordingly without end or measure. It makes no odds in which part of it you may take your stand; whatever spot anyone may occupy, the universe stretches away from him just the same in all directions without limit.
atheism world
There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)
fighting mind atheism
Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
fall lasts stones
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
mother stars flower
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!
views light littles
So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.