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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.

Juvenal

Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
JUVENAL

Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
JUVENAL

House Servant
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
JUVENAL

Destroy Efficient Luxury War
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
JUVENAL

Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
JUVENAL

Tolerate Wealth Woman
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
JUVENAL

Desire Direct Fear Reason
Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
JUVENAL

Mankind Snake
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
JUVENAL

Rejoice Revenge Weak
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
JUVENAL

Rejoice Revenge Woman
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.
JUVENAL

Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
JUVENAL

Capable Insult Submit
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JUVENAL

Conquer Cruel Luxury Peace Suffering World
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
JUVENAL

Lose Madness Shirt Slave
Who will watch the watchers?
JUVENAL

One Liner Watch

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.

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