Lucan Quotes

Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellus
quae genuit; caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.

Bella...plus quam civilia.

Tolle moras: semper nocuit differre paratis.

Libertas ultima mundi
quo steterit ferienda loco.

O vitae tuta facultas
pauperis angustique lares! o munera nondum
intellecta deum!

Nulli penitus descendere ferro
contigit; alta sedent civilis volnera dextrae.

A name illustrious and revered by nations.

Such was the character, such the inflexible rule of austere Cato – to observe moderation and hold fast to the limit, to follow nature, to give his life for his country, to believe that he was born to serve the whole world and not himself.

Aut nihil est sensus animis a morte relictum
aut mors ipsa nihil.

Sed quo fata trahunt virtus secura sequetur.
Crimen erit superis et me fecisse nocentem.

Nil opus est uotis, iam fatum accersite ferro.
in manibus uestris, quantus sit Caesar, habetis.

Exeat aula
qui volt esse pius. Virtus et summa potestas
non coeunt; semper metuet quem saeva pudebunt.

Discite, quam parvo liceat producere vitam,
Et quantum natura petat.

Has he any dwelling-place save earth and sea, the air of heaven and virtuous hearts? Why seek we further for deities? All that we see is God; every motion we make is God also.

Coniunx
est mihi, sunt nati; dedimus tot pignora fatis.