Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

7 Famous Quotes by Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
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“Men conceal the past scenes of their lives. [Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.]”
Secrecy Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (IV, 1,182)
“Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs. [Lat., Medio de fonte leporum Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]”
Joy Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (IV, 1,129), translated in Byron's "Childe Harold", canto I., st. 82
“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.]”
Nothingness Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (bk. I, 250)
“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.]”
Nothingness Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (bk. I, l. 206)
“Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters.”
Nothingness Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (bk. I, l. 206)
“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.]”
Misfortune Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (II, 1)
“The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]”
Eternity Quotes
Source: De Rerum Natura (III, 817)
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