Honesty is admired, and starves.
JUVENALSo 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.
More Juvenal Quotes
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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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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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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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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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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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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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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