Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Lucan

Lucan (c. 39-65)

“The liberty
for crimes is what props up hated regimes
that and an extravagant number of swords.”

  • From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 8, approximately between lines 483-508), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).

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