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Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason a frugal substance joined to a contented m...

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Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations ...

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

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

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

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.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

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Lucretius

Poet

Born: 0099-01-01 BC

Died: 0055-01-01 BC

Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His major work is De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things, which is considered by some to be the greatest masterpiece of Latin verse.More