The greatest respect is owed to a child.
JUVENALNow we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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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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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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