Great fear is concealed under daring.

Topics: Lucan Quotes

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

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

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

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

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

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

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.

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

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

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

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

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers

I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you perfect justice.

I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you perfect justice.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...