Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literatureLife is one long struggle in the dark.LucretiusOn the Nature of Things · 55 BC★ 3.9
Poem · Philosophical literature · Didactic poemAnd life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.LucretiusOn the Nature of Things · 55 BC★ 3.9
Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literatureThe ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water hollows the stone.LucretiusOn the Nature of Things · 55 BC★ 3.8
Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literatureA 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.LucretiusOn the Nature of Things · 55 BC★ 3.8
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