Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
JUVENALThis is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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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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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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