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Nothing comes from nothing.
All things obey fixed laws.
Truths kindle light for truths.
Fear is the mother of all gods.
The sum of all sums is eternity.
All life is a struggle in the dark.
There can be no centre in infinity.
So much wrong could religion induce.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Only religion can lead to such evil.
Continual dropping wears away a stone.
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
One Man's food is another Man's Poison
Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
How many evils have flowed from religion.
Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
Falling drops will at last wear away stone.
There is no place in nature for extinction.
The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
These [the senses] we trust, first, last, and always.
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.
For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.
The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)
The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.