47 Quotes by Lucan

hic sacra domus carique penates, hic mihi Roma fuit.

Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni

quod defles, illud amasti.

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

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

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

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

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

Pompey lives after his battles, but his fortune has perished.