Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
JUVENALWhenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
More Juvenal Quotes
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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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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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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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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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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