Quotes by Lucan

• I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
• Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
• Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
• The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
• There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
• Great fear is concealed under daring.