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
forgiveness men judging
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.
men doe prosperity
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
men anticipation
...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.
men giving poverty
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.
men names shadow
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
inspirational real men
Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.
greatness men partners
Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.
strong power men
Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.
men heaven blind
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!
men littles may
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires.
sympathy death men
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life
stars men rights
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.
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.