Lucretius Quotes

1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher

Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His major work is De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things, which is considered by some to be the greatest masterpiece of Latin verse.

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Native Name: T.Lucretius Carus

Alternative Names: Titus Lucretius Carus • Titus Carus Lucretius • T. Lucretius Carus

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Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante,
in terras.

A thing therefore never returns to nothing.

Cur non ut plenus vitae conviva recedis
aequo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem?

Thus the sum of things is ever being renewed, and mortal creatures live dependent one upon another. Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.

Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.

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

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