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Lucian quotes: The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.

The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.

Lucian quotes: The industry needs transforming. It's for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey.

The industry needs transforming. It's for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey.

Lucian quotes: Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.

Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.

Lucian quotes: Death is a mercy, and I have enough mercy to go around.

Death is a mercy, and I have enough mercy to go around.

Lucian quotes: It is not lawful or proper for you to know everything.

It is not lawful or proper for you to know everything.

Lucian quotes: The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service.

The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service.

Lucian quotes: Poverty persuades a man to do and suffer everything that he may escape from it.

Poverty persuades a man to do and suffer everything that he may escape from it.

Lucian quotes: The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world.

The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world.

Lucian quotes: Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of food, however great his hunger.

Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of food, however great his hunger.

Lucian quotes: The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.

The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.

Lucian quotes: There is no happiness without tears, no life without death. Beware! I am going to make you cry.

There is no happiness without tears, no life without death. Beware! I am going to make you cry.

Lucian quotes: The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.

The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.

Lucian quotes: I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.

I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.

Lucian quotes: The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.

The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.

Lucian quotes: The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.

The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.

Lucian quotes: Everybody dies. Some just need a little help.

Everybody dies. Some just need a little help.

Lucian quotes: I have absolutely no idea how this site works. But if you're a reader who's interested in my books, I'll answer any questions you have.

I have absolutely no idea how this site works. But if you're a reader who's interested in my books, I'll answer any questions you have.

Lucian quotes: How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.

How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.

Lucian quotes: Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.

Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.

Lucian quotes: The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay?

The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay?

Lucian quotes: Dancing is as old as love.

Dancing is as old as love.