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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.

Juvenal

What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
JUVENAL

Fortune Matter
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
JUVENAL

Bread Circus Human
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENAL

Blind Enjoyment Fortune
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
JUVENAL

Common Sense Fortune Men Rare
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
JUVENAL

Human Nature Learn Pay Price
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENAL

Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
JUVENAL

Indulge Pleasure Rare
It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
JUVENAL

Destroy Efficient Luxury War
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
JUVENAL

Crime Crown Different Result
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENAL

Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
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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Fate God Heaven Place Wise

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