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It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.

Juvenal

It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENAL

Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
JUVENAL

Children Owe Respect
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
JUVENAL

Affair Extreme Fortune Humble Joke People
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
JUVENAL

Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
JUVENAL

Bad Fear Love Men Punishment Virtue
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
JUVENAL

Mankind Snake
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
JUVENAL

Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
JUVENAL

Creation Luck Position Raise
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
JUVENAL

Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
JUVENAL

Guilty Heart Punishment Verdict
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
JUVENAL

Fortune Matter
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
JUVENAL

Bread Circus Human

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