Lucretius Quotes. James Wood, comp. 1899. Dictionary of Quotations

James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Lucretius


Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes—That supreme good at which we all aim.	1
Divitiæ grandes homini sunt, vivere parce / Æquo animo—It is great wealth to a man to live frugally with a contented mind.	2
Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant—As bees sip of everything in the flowery meads.	3
Genus humanum superavit—He surpassed the human race in natural ability.	4
Gigni pariter cum corpore, et una / Crescere sentimus pariterque senescere mentem—We see that the mind is born with the body, that it grows with it, and also ages with it.	5
Judicio acri perpendere—To weigh with a keen judgment.	6
Medio de fonte leporum / Surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat—From the midst of the very fountain of delight something bitter arises to vex us even amid the flowers themselves.	7
O miseras hominum mentes! O pectora cæca!—Oh, how wretched are the minds of men! oh, how blind their hearts!	8
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum—Could such cruelties have been perpetrated in the name of religion? In reference to the sacrifice of Iphigenia.	9
Vitæ post-scenia celant—They conceal the secret actions of their lives (lit. what goes on behind the scenes).	10
Vivida vis animi—The strong force of genius.	11