So Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.
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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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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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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Who will watch the watchers?
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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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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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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