Lucan
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.Collection: Happiness
Great fear is concealed under daring.Collection: Fear
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.Collection: Friendship
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.Collection: Stars
...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.Collection: Men
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure lifeCollection: Sympathy
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.Collection: Forgiveness
As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.Collection: Heaven
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.Collection: Men
Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.Collection: Mother
Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Air
An idle life always produces varied inclinations.Collection: Produce
Why seek the Deity further? Whatever we see is God, and wherever we go.Collection: God
Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.Collection: Wounds
Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war.Collection: War
The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.Collection: Freedom
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.Collection: Society
A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.Collection: Crime
A show of daring oft conceals great fear.Collection: Daring
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.Collection: Names
Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.Collection: Strong
To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.Collection: Honesty
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.Collection: Men
Not a stone but has its history.Collection: History
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.Collection: Wisdom
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!Collection: Men
Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires.Collection: Men
Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.Collection: Greatness
All go free when multitudes offend.Collection: Freedom
The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.Collection: Evil
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.Collection: Men
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.Collection: Fate
By boldness great fears are cancealed.Collection: Boldness
Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.Collection: Loyalty
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.Collection: Wisdom
Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.Collection: Judging
He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.Collection: Heaven
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done.Collection: Believe