How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given. Lucian More Quotes by Lucian More Quotes From Lucian Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much. Lucian holding-on artist want Realize that true happiness lies within you. Lucian wisdom faith inspirational Not every story has a happy ending, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth telling. Lucian happy-endings stories mean The poor wretches have convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, by worshipping that crucified sophist and living under his laws...they receive these doctrines by tradition, without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan or trickster comes among them, he quickly acquires wealth by imposing upon these simple people. Lucian simple law people The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay? Lucian fleeting passing-away world The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction of our success; there are so many similar objects, all claiming to be the real thing. Lucian pieces luck real Dancing is as old as love. Lucian dancing dance Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment. Lucian slaying grateful eternity There is no happiness without tears, no life without death. Beware! I am going to make you cry. Lucian serial-killer cry tears The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity. Lucian happiness night thinking Everybody dies. Some just need a little help. Lucian helping littles needs The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, not should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writing no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred. Lucian kings integrity country Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of food, however great his hunger. Lucian greed gold men Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend. Lucian money moments wise The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth. Lucian wealth perspective soul The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire. Lucian frying-pans effort fire The industry needs transforming. It’s for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey. Lucian journey want past The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service. Lucian lips voice dance I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking. Lucian next reading book The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really. Lucian sensuality matter memories
