Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
JUVENALCommon sense among men of fortune is rare.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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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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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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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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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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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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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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