Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness. Lucretius More Quotes by Lucretius More Quotes From Lucretius Nothing from nothing ever yet was born. Lucretius born One Man's food is another Man's Poison Lucretius another-man poison men Bodies, again, Lucretius germs unions body We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays. Lucretius decay body mind From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. Lucretius delight flower heart Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself. Lucretius states whole world The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it. Lucretius atheism mean religion See with what force yon river's crystal stream Lucretius rivers men science The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). Lucretius eternal universe eternity The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure. Lucretius leaving darkness men A falling drop at last will carve a stone. Lucretius lasts stones fall It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be. Lucretius ocean sea wind There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less. Lucretius admire mankind doe The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead. Lucretius infant newborn wailing And since the mind is of a man one part, Lucretius eye men hands At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The phenomena open to our observation so not contradict this conclusion or conflict with it. Rather they lead us by the hand and compel us to believe that the animate is born, as I maintain, of the insentient. Lucretius science believe hands Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements. Lucretius elements return philosophy Fear is the mother of all gods. Lucretius atheist mother religion What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others Lucretius poison food men Men conceal the past scenes of their lives. Lucretius scene men past