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Lucan was a Roman poet, best known for his epic poem "Pharsalia," which details the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey. His work is renowned for its dramatic style and political insight. He became a symbol of resistance and tragedy after his involvement in a plot against Emperor Nero led to his forced suicide. Here are 70 of his quotes:

You have taken from me the one privilege of civil war – the power of granting life to the defeated. (Lucan)
Serpents, thirst, burning-sand – all are welcomed by the brave; endurance finds pleasure in hardship; virtue rejoices when it pays dear for its existence. View quote
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The dead are free from Fortune; Mother Earth has room for all her children, and he who lacks an urn has the sky to cover him. View quote
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More was lost there than mere life and existence: we were overthrown for all time to come. View quote
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Might became the standard of right. View quote
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Pompey lives after his battles, but his fortune has perished. View quote
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Which had the fairer pretext for warfare, we may not know: each has high authority to support him; for, if the victor had the gods on his side, the vanquished had Cato. View quote
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How ready are the gods to grant supremacy to men, and how unready to maintain it! View quote
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Learn what life requires, How little nature needs! View quote
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And now cruel famine came – famine that is ever first in the train of great disasters. View quote
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. (Lucan)
Either no feeling remains to the soul after death, or death itself matters not at all. View quote
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The hungry slave Brings danger to his master, not himself. View quote
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When the existence and safety of so many nations depend upon your single life, and so large a part of the world has chosen you for its head, it is cruel of you to court death. View quote
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He would rather burst a city gate than find it open to admit him. View quote
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Thus each by his fears adds strength to rumour, and all dread the unconfirmed dangers invented by themselves. View quote
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The chain of causes comes down from the creation of the world. View quote
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But Caesar, headlong in all his designs, thought nothing done while anything remained to do. View quote
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No life is short that gives a man time to slay himself. View quote
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Legality conferred on crime. View quote
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We praise loyalty, but it pays the price when it supports those whom Fortune crushes. (Lucan)
Let the mind of man be blind to coming doom; he fears, but leave him hope. View quote
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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. View quote
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If great renown is won by true merit, and if virtue is considered in itself and apart from success, then all that we praise in any of our ancestors was Fortune's gift. View quote
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Discordant concord. View quote
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Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0
Occupation: Roman Poet
Born: 39
Died: 65
Quotes count: 70
Wikipedia: Lucan

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