Quotes from Lactantius

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.

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.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

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