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
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.
heaven growth weight
As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.
men giving poverty
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.
men doe prosperity
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
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.
believe done doe
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done.
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.
follow nature
Keep to moderation, keep the end in view, follow nature