“What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.”
― de Rerum Natura, the Nature of Things: A Poetic Translation
― de Rerum Natura, the Nature of Things: A Poetic Translation
“Matter's basic elements are solid,
Completely so, and that they fly through time
Invincible, indestructible for ever.”
― On the Nature of Things
Completely so, and that they fly through time
Invincible, indestructible for ever.”
― On the Nature of Things
“There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.”
― On the Nature of Things
― On the Nature of Things
“And so, through the blank of void, all things must fall at equal speed, though not of equal weight.”
― On the Nature of Things
― On the Nature of Things
“If within wood hide flame and smoke and ash then wood consists of things unlike itself.”
― On the Nature of Things
― On the Nature of Things
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