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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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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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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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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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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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 wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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