Lucretius

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft
falling.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft
falling.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor read more

For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate...before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts...but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.