Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JUVENALLuxury destroys more efficiently than war.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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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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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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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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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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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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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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