Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) ( 6 of 6 )
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the
universe).
[Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the
universe).
[Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]
Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters.
Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters.
It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the
great distress of another.
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It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the
great distress of another.
[Lat., Suave mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis
E terra magnum alterius spectare laborum.]
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
[Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.]
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
[Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.]
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since
things require a seed to start from.
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We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since
things require a seed to start from.
[Lat., Nil igitur fieri de nilo posse putandum es
Semine quando opus est rebus.]
Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
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Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
[Lat., Haud igitur redit ad Nihilum res ulla, sed omnes
Discidio redeunt in corpora materiai.]
