WIST Quotations

Lucretius -- De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], 1.313 [tr. Latham (1951)]

Dave — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:22:17 +0000

Dripping water hollows a stone.

Lucretius (c. 100-c. 55 BC) Roman poet [Titus Luretius Carus]
De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], 1.313 [tr. Latham (1951)]

Lucretius -- De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], Book 5, l. 198-9

Dave — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:27:45 +0000

By no means is the natural order of things fashioned for us by a divine agency: so greatly do the imperfections with which it has been endowed stand out.

[Nequaquam nobis divinitus esse paratam
naturam rerum: tanta stat praedita culpa]

Lucretius (c. 100-c. 55 BC) Roman poet [Titus Luretius Carus]
De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], Book 5, l. 198-9

Lucretius -- De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], I. 55 [tr. Latham (1951)]

Dave — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:24:41 +0000

Look at a man in the midst of doubt and danger, and you will lean in his hour of adversity what he really is. It is then that true utterances are wrung from the recesses of his breast. The mask is torn off; the reality remains.

Lucretius (c. 100-c. 55 BC) Roman poet [Titus Luretius Carus]
De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], I. 55 [tr. Latham (1951)]

Lucretius -- De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], I.101

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Such are the evils made acceptable by Religion!

[Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.]

Lucretius (c. 100-c. 55 BC) Roman poet [Titus Luretius Carus]
De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], I.101