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
society delay prepared
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.
fortune lives
Pompey lives after his battles, but his fortune has perished.
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.
heaven covered
He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.
produce idle inclination
An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
friendship loyal unfortunate
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
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.
honesty justice
To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.
fate son wife
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
greatness men partners
Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.
evil danger situation
The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.
freedom liberty world
The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.
stars integrity self
As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.