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

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

Lucretius

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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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Horace Ovid Virgil Lucan Publius Papinius Statius

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Yes, to seek power that's vain and never granted
and for it to suffer hardship and endless pain:
this is to heave and strain to push uphill
a boulder, that still from the very top rolls back
and bounds and bounces down to the bare, broad field.

Ut quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum.

Dum taxat, rerum magnarum parva potest res
exemplare dare et vestigia notitiae.

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

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