When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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