“They see nothing indecent in sexual intercourse, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and indulge in it quite openly, in full view of everyone. The only exception was Socrates, who was always swearing that his relations with young men were purely Platonic,… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
