Lucan (c. 39-65)
“When faith and duty
desert, and our last hope is immorality,
let discord put an end to civil war.”
- From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 5, between approximately lines 310-315), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).
Lucan (c. 39-65)
“When faith and duty
desert, and our last hope is immorality,
let discord put an end to civil war.”