Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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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.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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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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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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