Roman - Poet | 94 BC - 55 BC
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Lucretius
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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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