Lucan Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 34 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Lucan.
Famous Quotes By Lucan
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist. — 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