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> [The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-effort-only-shifted-me-from-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

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## More by Lucian

> [I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/i-was-still-more-concerned-a-preference-which-you-may-be-far-from/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-truth-is-hidden-from-us-even-if-a-mere-piece-of-luck-brings-us/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/how-gracious-are-the-gods-in-bestowing-high-positions-and-how/)

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> [The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-world-is-fleeting-all-things-pass-away-or-is-it-we-that-pass-and/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [Everybody dies. Some just need a little help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/everybody-dies-some-just-need-a-little-help/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-lips-are-closed-for-the-dancer-has-plenty-of-other-voices-at-his/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-historian-s-one-task-is-to-tell-the-thing-as-it-happened/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-american-soldier-demonstrated-that-properly-equipped-trained-and/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/be-grateful-by-slaying-you-now-i-spare-you-an-eternity-of-torment/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/wise-is-the-person-at-either-end-who-can-in-due-measure-spare-as-well/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [Dancing is as old as love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/dancing-is-as-old-as-love/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-effort-only-shifted-me-from-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [Death is a mercy, and I have enough mercy to go around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/death-is-a-mercy-and-i-have-enough-mercy-to-go-around/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [There is no happiness without tears, no life without death. Beware! I am going to make you cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/there-is-no-happiness-without-tears-no-life-without-death-beware-i-am/)

[Lucian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian/)

> [The poor wretches have convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, by worshipping that crucified sophist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian/the-poor-wretches-have-convinced-themselves-that-they-are-going-to-be/)

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