Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
JUVENALThe greatest respect is owed to a child.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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So Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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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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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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