There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
JUVENALBad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
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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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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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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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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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