It was certainly not by design that the particles fell into order, they did not work out what they were going to do, but because many of them by many chances struck one another in the course of infinite time and encountered every possible form and movement, that they found at last the disposition they have, and that is how the universe was created.
LucretiusForbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
LucretiusIf men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
Lucretius[N]ature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another's death.
LucretiusIt is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
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