What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
JUVENALAll wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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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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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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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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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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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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Who will watch the watchers?
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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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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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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