#on

Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away. ↗

— William Lucking

#away #cause #doing #even #profession

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. ↗

— Lucretius

#any #because #delectable #free #gaze

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. ↗

— Lucretius

#bitterness #delight #flowers #fountain #heart

Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. ↗

— Lucretius

#heights #men #religion #such #which

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. ↗

— Lucretius

#dropping #fall #stone #water #wears

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life. ↗

— Lucretius

#being #changed #creatures #dependent #diminish

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. ↗

— Lucretius

#apply #blows #dungeon #executioner #goad

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. ↗

— Lucretius

#food #man #others #poison

I'm just basically spillin' out my emotions to the world. 'Cause rap is about emotion. And I want you to feel what I'm feelin', 'cause that's what it's all about. ↗

— Ludacris

#basically #cause #emotion #emotions #feel

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday. ↗

— Ludacris

#every #every day #like #saturday #vacation