Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Lucan

Lucan (c. 39-65)

“Great things rush to ruin: the powers that give bounty
have set this limit on increase.”

  • From Lucan’s Civil War (Book I, line 81), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).

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