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Lucretius

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“Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quare religio pedibus subiecta vicissim opteritur, nos exaequat victoria caelo.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Saepius illa religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Latin proverb (latin)
“Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Epicurus (la)
“Nil posse creari de nihilo.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Haud igitur redit ad nihilum res ulla.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Compare: "The soft droppes of rain pierce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks", John Lyly, Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), p. 81
“Etsi difficiile esse videtur credere quicquam in rebus solido reperiri corpore posse. transit enim fulmen caeli per saepta domorum, clamor ut ad voces; flamen candescit in igni dissiliuntque ferre ferventi saxa vapore. tum labefactatus rigor auri solvitur aestu; tum glacies aeris flamma devicta liquescit; permanat calor argentum penetraleque frigus quando utrumque manu retinentes pocula rite sensimus infuso lympharum rore superne.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ita res accendent lumina rebus.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1117 (tr. W. H. D. Rouse and M. F. Smith)
“Suave mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst jucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.”
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“Sed nihil dulcius est, bene quam munita tenere edita doctrina sapientum templa serena, despicere unde queas alios passimque videre errare atque viam palantis quaerere vitae, certare ingenio, contendere nobilitate, noctes atque dies niti praestante labore ad summas emergere opes rerumque potiri.”
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“O miseras hominum mentes, o pectora caeca! qualibus in tenebris vitae quantisque periclis degitur hoc aevi quod cumquest! nonne videre nihil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut qui corpore seiunctus dolor absit, mente fruatur iucundo sensu cura semota metuque?”
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“Omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret.”
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“Nam veluti pueri trepidant atque omnia caecis in tenebris metuunt, sic nos in luce timemus interdum, nilo quae sunt metuenda magis quam quae pueri in tenebris pavitant finguntque futura. hunc igitur terrorem animi tenebrasque necessest non radii solis neque lucida tela diei discutiant sed naturae species ratioque.”
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“Sic rerum summa novatur semper, et inter se mortales mutua vivunt. augescunt aliae gentes, aliae minuuntur, inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum et quasi cursores vitae lampada tradunt.”
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“Dum taxat, rerum magnarum parva potest res exemplare dare et vestigia notitiae.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Omnia qua propter debent per inane quietum aeque ponderibus non aequis concita ferri.”
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“Infidi maris insidis virisque dolumque ut vitare velint, neve ullo tempore credant subdola cum ridet placidi pellacia ponti.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Caelesti sumus omnes semine oriundi.”
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“Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, in terras.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 999–1000 (tr. Bailey)
“Quae bene cognita si teneas, natura videtur Libera continuo, dominis privata superbis, ipsa sua per se sponte omnia dis agere expers.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1090–1092 (tr. Munro)
“Sed neque tam facilis res ulla est, quin ea primum difficilis magis ad credendum constet, itemque nil adeo magnum neque tam mirabile quicquam, quod non paulatim minuant mirarier omnes.”
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Recorded in: Lines 1026–1029 (tr. Stallings)
“Desine qua propter novitate exterritus ipsa expuere ex animo rationem, sed magis acri iudicio perpende, et si tibi vera videntur, dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1040–1043 (tr. Munro)
“Quo magis in dubiis hominem spectare periclis convenit adversisque in rebus noscere qui sit; nam verae voces tum demum pectore ab imo eliciuntur et eripitur persona, manet res.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 55–58 (reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 15th ed., 1980)
“Nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum, quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cur non ut plenus vitae conviva recedis aequo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem?”
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“Vitaque mancipio, nulli datur, omnibus usu.”
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“Nam petere imperium quod inanest nec datur umquam, atque in eo semper durum sufferre laborem, hoc est adverso nixantem trudere monte saxa quod tamen e summo iam vertice rursum volvitur et plani raptim petit aequora campi.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 998–1002 (tr. Frank O. Copley)
“Nec prorsum vitam ducendo demimus hilum tempore de mortis nec delibare valemus.”
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Recorded in: Lines 1087–1088 (tr. Rouse)
“Ut quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Compare: "What's one man's poison, signor, / Is another's meat or drink", Beaumont and Fletcher, Love's Cure (1647), Act III, scene 2
“Medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1133–1134 (reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations)
“Vitare, plagas in amoris ne iaciamur, non ita difficile est quam captum retibus ipsis exire et validos Veneris perrumpere nodos.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1146–1148 (tr. Munro)
“Consuetudo concinnat amorem; nam leviter quamvis quod crebro tunditur ictu, vincitur in longo spatio tamen atque labascit. Nonne vides etiam guttas in saxa cadentis umoris longo in spatio pertundere saxa?”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1283–1287 (tr. Munro)
“Nequaquam nobis divinitus esse paratam naturam rerum; tanta stat praedita culpa.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Multaque tum interiisse animantum saecla necessest nec potuisse propagando procudere prolem. nam quae cumque vides vesci vitalibus auris, aut dolus aut virtus aut denique mobilitas est ex ineunte aevo genus id tuta reservans.”
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“Sentit enim vis quisque suas quoad possit abuti. cornua nata prius vitulo quam frontibus extent, illis iratus petit atque infestus inurget.”
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Recorded in: Lines 1033–1035 (tr. Bailey)
“Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parvo aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1117–1119 (tr. Rouse)
“Nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum.”
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Recorded in: Line 1140 (tr. Rouse)
“Circumretit enim vis atque iniuria quemque, atque, unde exortast, at eum plerumque revertit.”
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Recorded in: Lines 1152–1153 (tr. Rouse)
“Sic volvenda aetas commutat tempora rerum. Quod fuit in pretio, fit nullo denique honore.”
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Recorded in: Lines 1276–1277 (tr. Bailey)
“Scilicet et fluvius qui visus maximus ei, Qui non ante aliquem majorem vidit; et ingens Arbor, homoque videtur, et omnia de genere omni Maxima quae vidit quisque, haec ingentia fingit.”
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“Praeterea gigni pariter cum corpore et una crescere sentimus pariterque senescere mentem. nam vel ut infirmo pueri teneroque vagantur corpore, sic animi sequitur sententia tenvis. inde ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas, consilium quoque maius et auctior est animi vis. post ubi iam validis quassatum est viribus aevi corpus et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artus, claudicat ingenium, delirat lingua labat mens, omnia deficiunt atque uno tempore desunt. ergo dissolui quoque convenit omnem animai naturam, ceu fumus, in altas aëris auras; quando quidem gigni pariter pariterque videmus crescere et, ut docui, simul aevo fessa fatisci.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Et si iam nostro sentit de corpore postquam distractast animi natura animaeque potestas, tamen est ad nos, qui comptu coniugioque corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti. nec, si materiem nostram collegerit aetas post obitum rursumque redegerit ut sita nunc est, atque iterum nobis fuerint data lumina vitae, quicquam tamen ad nos id quoque factum, interrupta semel cum sit repetentia nostri. et nunc nil ad nos de nobis attinet, ante qui fuimus, [neque] iam de illis nos adficit angor. nam cum respicias inmensi temporis omne praeteritum spatium, tum motus materiai quam sint, facile hoc adcredere possis, saepe in eodem, ut nunc sunt, ordine posta haec eadem, quibus e nunc nos sumus, ante fuisse. nec memori tamen id quimus reprehendere mente; inter enim iectast vitai pausa vageque deerrarunt passim motus ab sensibus omnes.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Continual dropping wears away a stone.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.”
Lucretius (94–55 BC) said by 55 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source