Lucretius. 95-55 b. c.
Continual dropping wears away a stone.[706:1]
De Rerum Natura. i. 313.
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.[706:2]
De Rerum Natura. iv. 637.
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.[706:3]
De Rerum Natura. iv. 1133.
Footnotes
[706:1] See Lyly, page 32.
[706:2] See Beaumont and Fletcher, page 199.
[706:3] See Byron, page 540.