Lucan quotes

I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune. (Lucan)
The sin of thousands always goes unpunished. View quote
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Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls. View quote
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Make haste; delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared. View quote
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There stands the shadow of a glorious name. View quote
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Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. View quote
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The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. View quote
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Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort. View quote
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The mere shadow of a mighty name he stood. View quote
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Crime levels those whom it pollutes. View quote
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That which you weep for is what you really loved. (Lucan)
Best gift of all The knowledge how to die; next, death compelled. View quote
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Behold the true father of his country. View quote
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Nil opus est uotis, iam fatum accersite ferro. in manibus uestris, quantus sit Caesar, habetis. View quote
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How safe and easy the poor man's life and his humble dwelling! How blind men still are to Heaven's gifts! View quote
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A show of daring oft conceals great fear. View quote
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A crime which is the crime of many none avenge. View quote
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Great fear is concealed under daring. View quote
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Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship. View quote
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Might was the measure of right. View quote
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The Bards also, who by the praises of their verse transmit to distant ages the fame of heroes slain in battle, poured forth at ease their lays in abundance. (Lucan)
Men are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man from slavery. View quote
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Poverty was scorned, Fruitful of warriors; and from all the world Came that which ruins nations. View quote
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[She] is not permitted to reveal as much as she is suffered to know. View quote
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So true it is that love of money alone is incapable of dreading death by the sword. View quote
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