Lucan

Roman Poet

Born: 39

Died: 65


Great fear is concealed under daring.

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.