All Lucian Quotes
- Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend. Due
- Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of food, however great his hunger. Avarice
- The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… Acknowledge
- Realize that true happiness lies within you. Faith
- Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment. Eternity
- Everybody dies. Some just need a little help. Dies
- Death is a mercy, and I have enough mercy to go around. Death
- The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid Afraid
- I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose holiness… All
- The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really. All
- The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world. All
- I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking. All
- There is no happiness without tears, no life without death. Beware! I am going to make you cry. Beware
- The industry needs transforming. It’s for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on… Decide
- Not every story has a happy ending, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth telling. Doesn
- Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much. Funny
- The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth. Only
- The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay? All
- The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity. Eternity
- It is not lawful or proper for you to know everything. Funny
- Dancing is as old as love. Dance
- The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service. Closed
- How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given Bestowing