When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
JUVENAL
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
More Juvenal Quotes
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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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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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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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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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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