Everywhere Man Blames Nature And Fate Yet

If Thou Suffer Injustice, Console Thyself; The True Unhappiness Is In Doing It.

It Is Hard To Fight Desire; But To Control It Is The Sign Of A Reasonable Man.

Men Have Made An Idol Of Luck As An Excuse For Their Own Thoughtlessness.

By Convention Sweet Is Sweet, By Convention Bitter Is Bitter, By Convention Hot Is Hot, By Convention Cold Is Cold, By Convention Color Is Color. But In Reality There Are Atoms And The Void. That Is, The Objects Of Sense Are Supposed To Be Real And It Is Customary To Regard Them As Such, But In Truth They Are Not. Only The Atoms And The Void Are Real.

There Are Innumerable Worlds Of Different Sizes. In Some There Is Neither Sun Not Moon, In Others They Are Larger Than In Ours And Others Have More Than One. These Worlds Are At Irregular Distances, More In One Direction And Less In Another, And Some Are Flourishing, Others Declining. Here They Come Into Being, There They Die, And They Are Distroyed By Collision With One Another. Some Of The Worlds Have No Animal Or Vegetable Life Nor Any Water.