Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
JUVENAL
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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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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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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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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