It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENALVice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
More Juvenal Quotes
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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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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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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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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