John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Luretius 99 BC- 55 BC John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Continual dropping wears away a stone. 1 |
| De Rerum Natura. i. 313. |
| 2 |
| What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others. 2 |
| De Rerum Natura. iv. 637. |
| 3 |
| 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] |