Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
JUVENALLuxury destroys more efficiently than war.
JUVENALSome men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENALThe greatest respect is owed to a child.
JUVENALThe greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENALAll wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
JUVENALWhen did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
JUVENALIf nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
JUVENALIf you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
JUVENALNow we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JUVENALThe wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
JUVENALHonesty is admired, and starves.
JUVENALEvery great house is full of haughty servants.
JUVENALIt is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENALThis is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
JUVENALFate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
JUVENALRemorse is the fruit of crime.
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