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Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto

Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.

Lucretius
Hands, Space, Giving
Lucretius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Lucretius (Illustrated)”, p.214, Delphi Classics

What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?

Lucretius
Truth, Knowledge, Giving
"De Rerum Natura - on the Nature of Things". Book by Lucretius, I, 700,

For out of doubt In these affairs 'tis each man's will itself That gives the start, and hence throughout our limbs Incipient motions are diffused.

Lucretius
Men, Giving, Doubt
Lucretius (2013). “The Way Things Are”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

Nor can those motions that bring death prevail Forever, nor eternally entomb The welfare of the world; nor, further, can Those motions that give birth to things and growth Keep them forever when created there.

Lucretius
Giving, Forever, Growth
Lucretius (2012). “On the Nature of Things”, p.66, Courier Corporation

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