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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
JUVENAL

Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Blind Enjoyment Fortune
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
JUVENAL

Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
JUVENAL

Creation Luck Position Raise
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
JUVENAL

Fate God Heaven Place Wise
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Mankind Snake
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Guilty Heart Punishment Verdict
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Hate Shame Woman
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
JUVENAL

Descend Heaven Knowledge
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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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

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