Lactantius Quotes & Sayings

22 most famous Lactantius quotes and sayings (author). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.”

“Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.”

“Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.”

“Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.”

“When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.”

“But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.”

“It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.”

“The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.”