The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENALThe greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENALWhenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
JUVENALThe wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
JUVENALGive them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
JUVENALIt is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
JUVENALNo wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
JUVENALIt is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENALAll wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
JUVENALNow we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JUVENALSome men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENALAll wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENALThere is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
JUVENALDare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
JUVENALGive up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
JUVENALThe tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
JUVENALLuxury is more deadly than any foe.
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