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• ...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.

  Lucan

  Men, Anticipation

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• 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.

  Lucan

  Stars, Integrity, Fire

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• The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

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  Sympathy, Death, Men

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• No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

  Lucan

  Forgiveness, Men, Judging

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• As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

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  Heaven, Growth, Weight

  Lucan (1957). “Pharsalia: dramatic episodes of the Civil Wars”

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• The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

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  Men, Doe, Prosperity

  "Pharsalia". Poem by Lucan, VII. 727,

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• Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

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  Mother, Poverty, Prostitution

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• Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.

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  Inspirational, Fear, Real

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• The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.

  Lucan

  Air, Sea, Sky

  Lucan (1853). “The Pharsalia of Lucan”, p.362

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• An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

  Lucan

  Produce, Idle, Inclination

  "Pharsalia", IV. 704 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 384-385), 1922.

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• Why seek the Deity further? Whatever we see is God, and wherever we go.

  Lucan

  God, Deities

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• Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.

  Lucan

  Wounds

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• Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war.

  Lucan

  War, People, Enemy

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• The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.

  Lucan

  Freedom, Liberty, World

  "Pharsalia" by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, VII. 580,

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• A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

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  Crime

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• A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

  Lucan

  Daring, Shows

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• There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

  Lucan

  Names, Shadow, Glorious

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• Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.

  Lucan

  Strong, Men, Power

  Lucan (1957). “Pharsalia: dramatic episodes of the Civil Wars”

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• Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

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  Society, Delay, Prepared

  "Pharsalia". Poem by Lucan, Book I, line 281,

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• Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.

  Lucan

  Men, Names, Shadow

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• Not a stone but has its history.

  Lucan

  History, Stones

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• To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.

  Lucan

  Honesty, Justice

  Lucan (1722). “Lucan's Pharsalia”, p.156

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• 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.

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  Wisdom, Stars, Men

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• How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!

  Lucan

  Men, Heaven, Blind

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• Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires.

  Lucan

  Men, May, Littles

  "Pharsalia" by Lucan, IV. 377,

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