The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few,… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true. — Lactantius Copy Share Image
Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things. — Lactantius Copy Share Image
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection. — Lactantius Copy Share Image
There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
“I am inclined to think that the corrupting influence of the stage is even worse [than that of the arena]. The subjects of comedies… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
