Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
JUVENALMany 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.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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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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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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