Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
JUVENALHonesty is admired, and starves.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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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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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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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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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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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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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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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Who will watch the watchers?
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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