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Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem De rerum natura about the beliefs of Epicureanism, and which is translated into English as On the Nature of Things or "On the Nature of the Universe".


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Quote Left What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven. Quote Right
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Quote Left The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. Quote Right
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Quote Left What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. Quote Right
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Quote Left 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. Quote Right
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Quote Left Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs