Forbear 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.
LucretiusNo matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through
LucretiusThe nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
LucretiusFrom the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
LucretiusAssuredly whatsoever things are fabled to exist in deep Acheron, these all exist in this life. There is no wretched Tantalus, fearing the great rock that hangs over him in the air and frozen with vain terror. Rather, it is in this life that fear of the gods oppresses mortals without cause, and the rock they fear is any that chance may bring.
Lucretius