Top 20 Lucretius Quotes (PHILOSOPHY)

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Top 10 Most Famous Lucretius Quotes (BEST)

No matter how difficult a task may look... Persistence and steady action will get you through.Pin
No matter how difficult a task may look… Persistence and steady action will get you through.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.Pin
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off.Pin
Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off.
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.Pin
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.Pin
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.Pin
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
Life is one long struggle in the dark.Pin
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.Pin
There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
To fear death, then, is foolish, since death is the final and complete annihilation of personal identity, the ultimate release from anxiety and pain.Pin
To fear death, then, is foolish, since death is the final and complete annihilation of personal identity, the ultimate release from anxiety and pain.
And so, through the blank of void, all things must fall at equal speed, though not of equal weight.Pin
And so, through the blank of void, all things must fall at equal speed, though not of equal weight.

8 Wise Lucretius Quotes (INSPIRING)

The atoms in it must be used over and over again; thus the death of one thing becomes necessary for the birth of another.Pin
The atoms in it must be used over and over again; thus the death of one thing becomes necessary for the birth of another.
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.Pin
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
Nothing can be created out of nothing.Pin
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.Pin
The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.Pin
The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.Pin
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.Pin
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.

“For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.”

Lucretius

2 Lucretius Quotes on Religion

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?Pin
Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.Pin
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
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