Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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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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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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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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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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