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Juvenal

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Guilty Heart Punishment Verdict
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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House Servant
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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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
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Bad Fear Love Men Punishment Virtue
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Descend Heaven Knowledge
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Alive Give Up Mother In Law Peace
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
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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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
So Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.
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Authority Example Mind Nature Rapid
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White

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