In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
JUVENALGive up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
More Juvenal Quotes
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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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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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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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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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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