Lucretius · Skopia

Quotes

16

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC

★ 3.9

Poem · Philosophical literature · Didactic poem

And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC

★ 3.9

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

The ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water hollows the stone.

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC

★ 3.8

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

A tree cannot grow in the sky, nor clouds be in the deep sea, nor fish live in the fields, nor can blood be in sticks nor sap in rocks.

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC

★ 3.8

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On the Nature of Things

55 BC★ 7.6