Quotes by Lucretius

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. >>

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterne >>

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by of >>

Quotations about Pleasure

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material pro >>

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that preced >>

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he >>

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.

Lucretius