Lucan

Lucan (c. 39-65)

“Given the gift of peace, how each regrets
he ever held a sword or lobbed a spear,
or suffered thirst or prayed the gods in vain
to win a war.”

  • From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 4, between lines 352-388), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).

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