Not a stone but has its history. Lucan More Quotes by Lucan More Quotes From Lucan 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 fire integrity The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life Lucan sympathy men death An idle life always produces varied inclinations. Lucan idle inclination produce There stands the shadow of a glorious name. Lucan glorious shadow names As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states. Lucan growth weight heaven A crime which is the crime of many none avenge. Lucan crime 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 Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined. Lucan real fear inspirational The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood. Lucan liberty freedom world ...Men fear what they themselves have imagined. Lucan anticipation men Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls. Lucan wounds A show of daring oft conceals great fear. Lucan daring shows The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. Lucan prosperity doe men All go free when multitudes offend. Lucan multitudes freedom Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared. Lucan prepared delay society How blind men are to Heaven's gifts! Lucan blind men heaven Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war. Lucan war people enemy Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. Lucan shadow names men To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong. Lucan honesty justice By boldness great fears are cancealed. Lucan boldness
