"Wise is the person at either end. Who……" — Lucian
"Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend."
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23 Quotes by Lucian
Lucian has 23 quotes on this site.
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Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of…
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The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets…
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Realize that true happiness lies within you.
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Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.
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Everybody dies. Some just need a little help.
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Death is a mercy, and I have enough mercy to go around.
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The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as…
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I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus,…
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The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.
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The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the…
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I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with…
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There is no happiness without tears, no life without death. Beware! I am going to make you cry.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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