Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
JUVENALRare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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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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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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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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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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