03c. 75 BCIn the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.Lucretius / quote ↗
05c. 75 BCWere a man to order his life by the rules of true reason a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches.Lucretius / quote ↗
06c. 75 BCThe drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.Lucretius / quote ↗
07c. 75 BCThus 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 ↗