So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)
There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.
Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?
The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
There can be no centre in infinity.
Truths kindle light for truths.
Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight.
Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.
Beauty and strength were, both of them, much esteemed; Then wealth was discovered and soon after gold Which quickly became more honoured than strength or beauty. For men, however strong or beautiful, Generally follow the train of a richer man.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
What once sprung from the earth sinks back into the earth.
All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfections.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
One Man's food is another Man's Poison
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