Who will watch the watchers?
JUVENAL
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Who will watch the watchers?
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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
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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.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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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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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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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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