37 ordspråk av Lucretius
Lucretius
 And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all. |
| Constant dripping hollows out a stone. |
| Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, (Nature) does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry |
| Do you not see even stones yield to the power of time, lofty towers fall to decay, and the rocks molder away? Temples and statues of the gods go to ruin, nor can the gods themselves prolong their date or get reprieve from fate |
| Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio |
| Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio |
| Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio |
| Fear was the first thing on earth to make gods |
| From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. |
| From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. |
| How many evils have flowed from religion |
| In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. |
| It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. |
| It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another |
| It was certainly not by design that the particles fell into order, they did not work out what they were going to do, but because many of them by many chances struck one another in the course of infinite time and encountered every possible form and mo |
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