It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENALNever does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy 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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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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