Lucan Quotes

...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.

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.

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

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

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

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

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

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.

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.

Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.

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

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

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

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

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

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

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

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

Not a stone but has its history.

How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!

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.

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