Lucan Quotes

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More was lost than mere life and existence.

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His all, as not for self
Brought into being, but for all the world:
Such was his creed.

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I have a wife, I have sons: we have given so many hostages to the fates.

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But Caesar had more than a mere name and military reputation: his energy could never rest, and his one disgrace was to conquer without war.

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Is the dwelling place of God anywhere but in the earth and sea, the air and sky, and virtue? Why seek we further for deities? Whatever you see, whatever you touch, that is Jupiter.

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Keep to moderation, keep the end in view, follow nature.

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Jupiter is whatever you see, whichever way you move.

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If the victor had the gods on his side, the vanquished had Cato.

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But many are driven to utmost peril by the mere dread of coming danger.

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I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.

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Great things come crashing down upon themselves – such is the limit of growth ordained by heaven for success.

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One stroke of sword and all the world is yours. Make plain to all men that the crowds who decked Pompeius' hundred pageants scarce were fit For one poor triumph.

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We all praise fidelity; but the true friend pays the penalty when he supports those whom Fortune crushes.

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A name illustrious and revered by nations.

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Thinking nothing done while anything remained to be done.

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It is not granted to know which man took up arms with more right on his side. Each pleads his cause before a great judge: the winning cause pleased the gods, but the losing one pleased Cato.

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Prayed for so oft, the dawn of fight is come. No more entreat the gods: with sword in hand Seize on our fates; and Caesar in your deeds.

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Learn what life requires,
How little nature needs!

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But Caesar, headlong in all his designs, thought nothing done while anything remained to do.

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There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

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