Lucan Quotes & Sayings

How blind men are to Heaven's gifts! — Lucan

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge. — Lucan

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution. — Lucan

Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist. — Lucan

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. — Lucan

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong. — Lucan

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. — Lucan

Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires. — Lucan

He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn. — Lucan

Not a stone but has its history. — Lucan

By boldness great fears are cancealed. — Lucan

Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge. — Lucan

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. — Lucan

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared. — Lucan

There stands the shadow of a glorious name. — Lucan

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. — Lucan

As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ. — Lucan

As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power over men perishes completely if justice begins to be observed, and respect for individual rights overcomes strongholds. — Lucan

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. — Lucan

Men fear what they themselves have imagined. — Lucan

The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood. — Lucan

Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done. — Lucan

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge. — Lucan

Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war. — Lucan

A show of daring oft conceals great fear. — Lucan

An idle life always produces varied inclinations. — Lucan

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states. — Lucan

All go free when multitudes offend. — Lucan

The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter. — Lucan

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship. — Lucan

Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get. — Lucan

Why seek the Deity further? Whatever we see is God, and wherever we go. — Lucan

Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men. — Lucan

Great fear is concealed under daring. — Lucan