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Titus Lucretius Carus (/ˈtaɪtəs lʊˈkriːʃəs/; c. 15 October 99 BC – c. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem De rerum natura, a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which is usually translated into English as On the Nature of Things. Lucretius has been credited with originating the concept of the three-age system which was formalised from 1834 by C. J. Thomsen.

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Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.

Matter, Matters, Mind, Understood

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. [Lat. , Apparet divom numen, sedesque quietae; Quas neque concutiunt ventei, nec nubila nimbeis. Aspergunt, neque nex acri concreta pruina Cana cadens violat; semper sine nubibus aether Integer, et large diffuso lumine ridet. ]

Clouds, Light, Numen, Quietae, Violat, Wind

And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.

Atheism, Freehold, Given, Leasehold, Life, Life Is

I prove the supreme law of Gods and sky, And the primordial germs of things unfold, Whence Nature all creates, and multiplies And fosters all, and whither she resolves Each in the end when each is overthrown. This ultimate stock we have devised to name Procreant atoms, matter, seeds of things, Or primal bodies, as primal to the world.

Creates, Fosters, Law, Names, Sky, Whither

So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.

Brings, Light, Littles, Thing, View, Views

All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.

Come, Dance, Endless, Everlasting, Infinite, Motion

Nor can those motions that bring death prevail Forever, nor eternally entomb The welfare of the world; nor, further, can Those motions that give birth to things and growth Keep them forever when created there.

Eternally, Forever, Give, Giving, Growth

Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves, what festering sores for us, what tears for our prosperity! This is not piety, this oft-repeated show of bowing a veiled head before a graven image; this bustling to every altar; this kow-towing and prostration on the ground with palms outspread before the shrines of the gods; this deluging of vow on vow. True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

Deluging, Gods, Grief, Lying, Outspread, Responsibility

Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.

Conceal, Men, Past, Scene, Scenes

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.

Able, Happy, Happy Hour, Hour, Littles, Recall

O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.

Charm, Goddess, Immortal, Words

If God can do anything he can make a stone so heavy that even he can't lift it. Then there is something God cannot do, he cannot lift the stone. Therefore God does not exist.

Doe, Heavy, Make, Stone, Stones

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

Greatest Wealth, Mind, Soul, Wealth

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern 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, reality remains.

Adversity, Heart, Peril, Reality, Remains, Truth

It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.

Folks, Land, Ocean, Sea, See, Wind

It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.

Land, Pleasant, Running, Runs, Sea, Views

Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then 'tmust have forever its beyond.

Forever, Limited, Path, Region, Regions

It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring. [Lat. , Posteraque in dubio est fortunam quam vehat aetas. ]

Aetas, Doubtful, Fortunam, Fortune, Morrow

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. [Lat. , Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, In terras; et, quod missum est ex aetheris oreis, Id rursum caeli relatum templa receptant. ]

Came, Earth, Heaven, Received, Return Back, Terras

The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.

Make, Murky, Pits, Ruins, Way

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