This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
JUVENALThe greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
More Juvenal Quotes
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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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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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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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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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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