From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
- Lucretius Quote

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
- Lucretius Quote

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
- Lucretius Quote

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 you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
- Lucretius Quote

Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
- Lucretius Quote

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
- Lucretius Quote

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

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
- Lucretius Quote

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
- Lucretius Quote

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
- Lucretius Quote

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
- Lucretius Quote

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
- Lucretius Quote

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.
- Lucretius Quote

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
- Lucretius Quote

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
- Lucretius Quote

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
- Lucretius Quote