The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
JUVENALNever does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
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It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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