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Lucan
Roman
Poet
About the author
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
Lucan,
Roman
Poet
#Wife
#Fate
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
Lucan,
Roman
Poet
#Friendship
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
Lucan,
Roman
Poet
#Men
#Name
#Shadow
#Ancestry
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
Lucan,
Roman
Poet
#Life
#Death
#May
#Men
#Happiness
#Gods
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
Lucan,
Roman
Poet
#Name
#Shadow
Great fear is concealed under daring.
Lucan,
Roman
Poet
#Fear