Lucretius Quotes & Sayings

“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.”

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

“From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.”