Nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum. - Lucretius

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Nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum.

Lucretius

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About Lucretius

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

Additional quotes by Lucretius

A little river seems to him, who has never seen a larger river, a mighty stream; and so with other things—a tree, a man—anything appears greatest to him that never knew a greater.

Saepius illa
religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta.

But if one should guide his life by true principles, man's greatest riches is to live on a little with contented mind; for a little is never lacking.