The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

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About Lucretius

Portrait of Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus ( TY-tuhs loo-KREE-shuhs; Latin: [ˈtitʊs lʊˈkreːtɪ.ʊs ˈkaːrʊs]; c. 99 – October 15, 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, which usually is translated into English...

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If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.

What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.

Everybody likes to go their own way—to choose their own time and manner of devotion.

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I am not quite sure what the advantage is in having a few more dollars to spend if the air is too dirty to breathe, the water is too polluted to drink, the commuters are losing out in the struggle to get in and out of the city, the streets are filthy, the schools are so bad that the young perhaps wisely stay away, and the hoodlums roll citizens for some of the dollars they saved in the tax cut.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

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Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

—Stewart Udall

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I got this powdered water—now I don't know what to add.

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My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

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Water is the driving force of all nature.

—Leonardo da Vinci

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History

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