Lucan
Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, in the Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 November 39
daring shows
A show of daring oft conceals great fear.
fortune lives
Pompey lives after his battles, but his fortune has perished.
believe done doe
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done.
forgiveness men judging
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.
wish politics virtue
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.
society delay prepared
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.
men doe prosperity
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
heaven covered
He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.
produce idle inclination
An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
men anticipation
...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.
mother poverty prostitution
Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.
war people enemy
Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war.
men giving poverty
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.
friendship loyal unfortunate
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.