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Top 10 Lucian of Samosata Quotes (2026 Update)

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “I see no reason for resigning my right to that inventive freedom which others enjoy; and, as I have no truth to put on record, having lived a very humdrum life, I fall back on falsehood – but falsehood of a more consistent variety; for I now make the only true statement you are to expect – that I am a liar.”

1. “I see no reason for resigning my right to that inventive freedom which others enjoy; and, as I have no truth to put on record, having lived a very humdrum life, I fall back on falsehood – but falsehood of a more consistent variety; for I now make the only true statement you are to expect – that I am a liar.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “Dreams are great magicians.”

2. “Dreams are great magicians.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “The city was filled to overflowing with persons who had neither brains nor individuality, who bore no resemblance to men that live by bread, and had only their outward shape to distinguish them from sheep.”

3. “The city was filled to overflowing with persons who had neither brains nor individuality, who bore no resemblance to men that live by bread, and had only their outward shape to distinguish them from sheep.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “Human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope, and that any one who can make these serve his ends may be sure of rapid fortune.”

4. “Human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope, and that any one who can make these serve his ends may be sure of rapid fortune.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “These men seem not to know that poetry has its particular rules and precepts; and that history is governed by others directly opposite.”

5. “These men seem not to know that poetry has its particular rules and precepts; and that history is governed by others directly opposite.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “Jupiter listened patiently, and after careful consideration he granted what he considered to be righteous prayers to come up the shaft and into Heaven. Then he blew all those prayers he considered unworthy back down, so that they would not pollute Heaven.”

6. “Jupiter listened patiently, and after careful consideration he granted what he considered to be righteous prayers to come up the shaft and into Heaven. Then he blew all those prayers he considered unworthy back down, so that they would not pollute Heaven.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “Books would be precious things indeed, if the mere possession of them guaranteed culture to their owner.”

7. “Books would be precious things indeed, if the mere possession of them guaranteed culture to their owner.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “In size the men were as large as the Colossus of Rhodes from the waist up, and the horses were as large as a great merchantman. Their number, however, I leave unrecorded for fear that someone may think it incredible, it was so great.”

8. “In size the men were as large as the Colossus of Rhodes from the waist up, and the horses were as large as a great merchantman. Their number, however, I leave unrecorded for fear that someone may think it incredible, it was so great.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “He once saw two philosophers engaged in a very unedifying game of cross questions and crooked answers. ‘Gentlemen,’ said he, ’here is one man milking a billy-goat, and another catching the proceeds in a sieve.”

9. “He once saw two philosophers engaged in a very unedifying game of cross questions and crooked answers. ‘Gentlemen,’ said he, ’here is one man milking a billy-goat, and another catching the proceeds in a sieve.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “These ambitious scoundrels were quite devoid of scruples, and they had now joined forces; it could not escape their penetration that human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope and that anyone who can make these serve his ends may be sure of a rapid fortune.”

10. “These ambitious scoundrels were quite devoid of scruples, and they had now joined forces; it could not escape their penetration that human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope and that anyone who can make these serve his ends may be sure of a rapid fortune.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “We are sent to you, Priests of Delphi, by Phalaris our master, with instructions to present this bull to the God, and to speak the necessary words on behalf of the offering and its donor. Such being our errand, it remains for us to deliver his message, which is as follows:.”

11. “We are sent to you, Priests of Delphi, by Phalaris our master, with instructions to present this bull to the God, and to speak the necessary words on behalf of the offering and its donor. Such being our errand, it remains for us to deliver his message, which is as follows:.”

— Lucian of Samosata

Lucian of Samosata Quote: “It was as though a choir had been told not to sing harmoniously, but to sing their own songs, and to ensure that they were heard above the rest. I’m sure you can imagine what a deafening cacophony it would be.”

12. “It was as though a choir had been told not to sing harmoniously, but to sing their own songs, and to ensure that they were heard above the rest. I’m sure you can imagine what a deafening cacophony it would be.”

— Lucian of Samosata

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