Quotes by Lucretius

17 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Serpent. Spit on a serpent, and his vigor flies. He straight devours himself, and quickly dies.— filed under Animals-Swine

Adde repertores doctrinarum atque leporum; Adde Heliconiadum comites; quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, eadem aliis sopitu quiete est. Nay, the greatest wits and poets, too, cease to live; Homer, their prince, sleeps now in the same forgotten sleep as do the others.— filed under Death

Et metus ille foras præceps Acheruntis agundus, Funditus humanam qui vitam turbat ab imo, Omnia suffuscans mortis nigrore, neque ullam Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit. The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.— filed under Fear

Ubi jam valideis quassatum est viribus ævi Corpus, et obtuseis ceciderunt viribus artus, Claudicat ingenium delirat linguaque mensque. When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and mind and speech fail.— filed under Genius

Apparet divom numen, sedesque quietæ; Quas neque concutiunt ventei, nec nubila nimbeis. Aspergunt, neque nix acri concreta pruina Cana cadens violat; semper sine nubibus æther Integer, et large diffuso lumine ridet. The gods and their tranquil abodes appear, which no winds disturb, nor clouds bedew with showers, nor does the white snow, hardened by frost, annoy them; the heaven, always pure, is without clouds, and smiles with pleasant light diffused.— filed under God

Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, In terras; et, quod missum est ex ætheris oreis, Id rursum cæli relatum templa receptant. What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.— filed under Heaven

Lex succurit ignoranti. The law succors the ignorant. Law Maxim. O miseras hominum menteis! oh, pectora cæca How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.— filed under Ignorance

Cum corpore ut una Crescere sentimus pariterque senescere mentem. We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.— filed under Mind

Medio de fonte leporum Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat. Full from the fount of joy's delicious springs Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom flings.— filed under Misfortune

Musæo contigens cuncta lepore. Gently touching with the charm of poetry.— filed under Poetry

Quid nobis certius ipsis Sensibus esse potest? quî vera ac falso notemus. What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?— filed under Reason

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum! How many evils has religion caused!— filed under Religion

Vitæ postscenia celant. Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.— filed under Secrecy

Ignoratur enim, quæ sit natura animai; Nata sit, an contra nascentibus insinuetur; Et simul intereat nobiscum, morte diremta, An tenebras Orci visat, vastasque lacunas: An pecudes alias divinitus insinuet se. For it is unknown what is the real nature of the soul, whether it be born with the bodily frame or be infused at the moment of birth, whether it perishes along with us, when death separates the soul and body, or whether it visits the shades of Pluto and bottomless pits, or enters by divine appointment into other animals.— filed under Speech

Parvula, pumilio, chariton mia tota merum sal. A little, tiny, pretty, witty, charming dat ling she.— filed under Woman

Posteraque in dubio est fortunam quam vehat ætas. It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.— filed under Lix

M. Suave mari magno, turbantibus æquora ventis E terrâ magnum alterius spectare laborum. It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.— filed under Lying

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