Hostages Quotes by Lucan

He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.

— Lucan

Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.

— Lucan

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

— Lucan

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

— Lucan

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

— Lucan

...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.

— Lucan

“The man prepared to die will not be beaten cheaply.”

— Lucan

The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods…

— Lucan

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

— Lucan

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

— Lucan

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

— Lucan

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

— Lucan