The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENALThe wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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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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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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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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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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