Lucretius Quotes on Nature
Titus Lucretius Carus was a 1st-century BC Roman poet and Epicurean philosopher, known for his sole surviving work, the long Latin poem De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things. This page collects quotes attributed to Lucretius on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Lucretius:
“From nothing, nothing comes.”
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“What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.”
Ut quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum. -
Attributed to Lucretius:
“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.”
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“The living force of his soul gained the day: on he passed far beyond the flaming walls of the world and traversed throughout in mind and spirit the immeasurable universe.”
Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque.