Lucretius Quotes

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

~ Lucretius

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

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.

~ Lucretius

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

~ Lucretius

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

~ Lucretius

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

~ Lucretius

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

~ Lucretius