Quote of the Day

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quod si de nihilo fierent, subito exorerentur 180
incerto spatio atque alienis partibus anni,
quippe ubi nulla forent primordia, quae genitali
concilio possent arceri tempore iniquo.


But if they came from nothing, they'ld spring up,
Quite suddenly, at uncertain intervals,
At wrong times of year, since primal atoms
Would not be there for an unfavourable season.


- Lucretius, Trans. Melville, On the Nature of the Universe. Book 1, 180.