Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENALSome men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Who will watch the watchers?
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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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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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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