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Juvenal

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
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
Who will watch the watchers?
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One Liner Watch
Many 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.
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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Rejoice Revenge Weak
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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Crime Crown Different Result
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Descend Heaven Knowledge
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Beauty One Liner Purity Rare Union
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
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 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
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Comparison Knowledge Pay Price Speak

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