Lucretius Quotes

Most popular Lucretius Quotes

Love is a product of habit. - Lucretius quote.
Love is a product of habit.
— Lucretius
Nothing can be created out of nothing. - Lucretius quote.
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
— Lucretius

creativity

Continual dripping wears away the stone. - Lucretius quote.
Continual dripping wears away the stone.
— Lucretius
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others. - Lucretius quote.
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
— Lucretius
What is food to one person may be bitter poison to others. - Lucretius quote.
What is food to one person may be bitter poison to others.
— Lucretius De Rerum Natura

food

The generations of living things pass in a short time, and like runners hand on the torch of life. - Lucretius quote.
The generations of living things pass in a short time, and like runners hand on the torch of life.
— Lucretius
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. - Lucretius quote.
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
— Lucretius On the Nature of Things

wit

Watch a man in times of... adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off. - Lucretius quote.
Watch a man in times of... adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off.
— Lucretius

adversity