A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
JUVENALToday there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
More Juvenal Quotes
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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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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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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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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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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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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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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