Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Lucretius Quotes: What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
         

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


Lucretius
Check all other quotes by Lucretius

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





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



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Lucretius Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/What-is-food-to-one-man-is-300784>.





Check out


Other quotes of Lucretius


Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.



All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.



Nothing can be created out of nothing.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.



The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.



Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?



No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through



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.

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.



The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.



Only religion can lead to such evil.

Only religion can lead to such evil.



For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.





Other quotes you may like


I've never been a blind romantic.

I've never been a blind romantic.



Readable text and authority so that readers know how to spend - no matter how much information there is, I have the same number of minutes in my day, and I need to look to sources that I trust.

Readable text and authority so that readers know how to spend - no matter how much information there is, I have the same number of minutes in my day, and I need to look to sources that I trust.



Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.



I went into Harvard one way and came out a different person... It's the air at Harvard; it's like a Renaissance court.

I went into Harvard one way and came out a different person... It's the air at Harvard; it's like a Renaissance court.



We are the state, and we shall continue to be the state until we have created the institutions that form a real community and society of men.

We are the state, and we shall continue to be the state until we have created the institutions that form a real community and society of men.



You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play a bag lady.

You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play a bag lady.



Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.



There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.

There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.



I get the first flight out from anywhere I am because I have to come home to my kids.

I get the first flight out from anywhere I am because I have to come home to my kids.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.". Author of this quote is Lucretius. This quote is about bitter, poison, man,.