Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
JUVENAL
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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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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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Who will watch the watchers?
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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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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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