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

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

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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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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.
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