“A monkey is always a monkey," says the proverb, "even if he has birth-tokens of gold." Although you have a book in your hand and read all the time, you do not understand a single thing that you read, but… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“Give me a scholar, therefore, who is able to think and to write, to look with an eye of discernment into things, and to… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“A monkey is always a monkey," says the proverb, "even if he has birth-tokens of gold." Although you have a book in your hand… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“These men seem not to know that poetry has its particular rules and precepts; and that history is governed by others directly opposite.” — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“The good historian, then, must be thus described: he must be fearless, uncorrupted, free, the friend of truth and of liberty; one who, to… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“There was no sign of Plato, and I was told later that he had gone to live in his Republic , where he was… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“I see no reason for resigning my right to that inventive freedom which others enjoy; and, as I have no truth to put on… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
“They see nothing indecent in sexual intercourse, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and indulge in it quite openly, in full view of everyone. The only… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
![“There was no sign of Plato, and I was told later that he had gone to live in his Republic , where he was cheerfully submitting to his own Laws . [...] None of the Stoics were present. Rumour had it that they were still clambering up the steep hill of Virtue [...]. As for the Sceptics, it appeared…” quote by Lucian of Samosata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f3d/lucian-of-samosata-44085_plato_there-was-no-sign-of-plato-and-i-was-tol_1987041.jpg)
