Every great house is full of haughty servants.
JUVENALA lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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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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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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