Lucian
Lucian
Lucian of Samosatawas a rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language during the Second Sophistic. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. Although he wrote solely in Greek, mainly Attic Greek, he was ethnically Assyrian. Lucian claimed to be a native speaker of a "barbarian tongue"which was most likely Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic...
sacrifice men thinking
For history, I say again, has this and this only for its own: if a man will start upon it, he must sacrifice to no God but Truth; he must neglect all else; his sole rule and unerring guide is this - to think not of those who are listening to him now, but of the yet unborn who shall seek his converse.
tasks historian happened
The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.
fire effort frying-pans
The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.
perspective soul wealth
The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.
men blow divinity
I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose holiness and divinity of nature were not shams, who alone had and imparted true insight into the good, and who brought deliverance to all that consorted with him.
memories matter sensuality
The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.
book reading may
I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.
simple law people
The poor wretches have convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, by worshipping that crucified sophist and living under his laws...they receive these doctrines by tradition, without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan or trickster comes among them, he quickly acquires wealth by imposing upon these simple people.
real luck pieces
The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction of our success; there are so many similar objects, all claiming to be the real thing.
dance dancing
Dancing is as old as love.
grateful eternity slaying
Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.
passing-away world fleeting
The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay?
army soldier world
The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world.
happiness night thinking
The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.