Lucretius

Quote link. Other quotes about: nothing: "Nothing can be created from nothing."
Quote link. Other quotes about: man: "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."
Quote link. Other quotes about: evil religion: "Such evil deeds could religion prompt."
Quote link. Other quotes about: earth heaven: "What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven."
Quote link. Other quotes about: man food: "What is food to one man is bitter poison to others."