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 from what ills you are free yourself is pleasant. Lucretius More Quotes by Lucretius More Quotes From Lucretius From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment. Lucretius vexbitternessflower From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. Lucretius enchantmentflowerliterature So much wrong could religion induce. Lucretius positive-atheismatheism Victory puts us on a level with heaven. Lucretius victoryliteratureheaven Huts they made then, and fire, and skins for clothing, And a woman yielded to one man in wedlock... ... Common, to see the offspring they had made; The human race began to mellow then. Because of fire their shivering forms no longer Could bear the cold beneath the covering sky. Lucretius fireskymen It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another. Lucretius landseawind What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth. Lucretius sprungearth You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you. Lucretius generationsmaydeath All life is a struggle in the dark. Lucretius strugglelife-isdark All things keep on in everlasting motion, Lucretius everlastingendlessinfinite So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. Lucretius deeds-doneevillatin From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers. Lucretius flowerrainheart The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. Lucretius perseverancewaterfall ...if one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods. Lucretius spacefearpeople Such crimes has superstition caused. Lucretius superstitionscrime ... we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true. Lucretius halloweendarkchildren Under what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the strong rules that govern its lifetime. Lucretius stronglawscience Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated. Lucretius shouldairwind The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt. Lucretius thunderboltsenvylevels When the supreme violence of a furious wind upon the sea sweeps over the waters the chief admiral of a fleet along with his mighty legions, does he not crave the gods' peace with vows and in his panic seek with prayers the peace of the winds and favouring breezes. Nonetheless, he is caught up in the furious hurricane and driven upon the shoals of death. Lucretius prayerseawind
