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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

Juvenal

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
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
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Rejoice Revenge Woman
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Bound Desire Innocence Man Wise
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Desire Direct Fear Reason
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Descend Heaven Knowledge
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
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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Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Cold Honesty One Liner Praise
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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Conquer Cruel Luxury Peace Suffering World
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
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
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
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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Lose Madness Shirt Slave
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Failure Talent Verse Writing
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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Fate God Heaven Place Wise
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

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