Lucretius. c. 99 B.C.-c. 55 B.C. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Lucretius. (c. 99 B.C.–c. 55 B.C.)

Continual dropping wears away a stone. 1

De Rerum Natura. i. 313.

What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others. 2

De Rerum Natura. iv. 637.

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. 3

De Rerum Natura. iv. 1133.

Note 1.
See Lyly, Quotation 8. [back]

Note 2.
See Beaumont and Fletcher, Quotation 27. [back]

Note 3.
See Byron, Quotation 23. [back]