The ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water… — Lucretius
The ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water hollows the stone.
In the original Latin
Anulus in digito subter tenuatur habendo, stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.
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. 312.
Original citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 1, l. 312.