Lucan quotes
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“The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.”
-- LucanSource : "Pharsalia" by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, VII. 580,
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“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.”
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“The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life”
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“No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.”
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“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.”
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“The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.”
-- LucanSource : "Pharsalia". Poem by Lucan, VII. 727,
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“Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.”
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“As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.”
-- LucanSource : Lucan (1957). “Pharsalia: dramatic episodes of the Civil Wars”
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“Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.”
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“An idle life always produces varied inclinations.”
-- LucanSource : "Pharsalia", IV. 704 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 384-385), 1922.
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“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.”
-- LucanSource : Lucan (1853). “The Pharsalia of Lucan”, p.362
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“Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war.”
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“Why seek the Deity further? Whatever we see is God, and wherever we go.”
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“Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.”
-- LucanSource : Lucan (1957). “Pharsalia: dramatic episodes of the Civil Wars”
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“Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.”
-- LucanSource : "Pharsalia". Poem by Lucan, Book I, line 281,
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“Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.”
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“To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.”
-- LucanSource : Lucan (1722). “Lucan's Pharsalia”, p.156
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“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.”
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“Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires.”
-- LucanSource : "Pharsalia" by Lucan, IV. 377,
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