The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye. — Lucretius

The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.

In the original Latin

Quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
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Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 1, l. 268.
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Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 1, l. 268.

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