“Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e'en now, e'en now, we die.”
Quote by Lucretius
Author
Lucretius
Lucretius (99 BC - 55 BC) was a renowned Greek Roman poet, hailed as the peak of Greek Roman philosophical poetry. His work 'On the Nature of Things' presented the natural philosophical ideas of the Greek philosopher Democritus in poetic form, which had a profound impact on later generations. more
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