Lucretius Quotes

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

- Lucretius

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

- Lucretius

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

- Lucretius

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.

- Lucretius

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.

- Lucretius

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

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

- Lucretius

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

- Lucretius

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

- Lucretius

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

- Lucretius

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

- Lucretius

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

- Lucretius

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.

- Lucretius

Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.

- Lucretius

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

- Lucretius

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

- Lucretius

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

- Lucretius

The sum of all sums is eternity.

- Lucretius

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

- Lucretius