Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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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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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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