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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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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
JUVENAL

Desire Direct Fear Reason
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
JUVENAL

Fortune Matter
Who will watch the watchers?
JUVENAL

One Liner Watch
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
JUVENAL

Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
JUVENAL

Indulge Pleasure Rare
Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
JUVENAL

Deceive Shadow Vice Virtue
It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENAL

Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
JUVENAL

Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Nature Wisdom
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Affair Extreme Fortune Humble Joke People
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENAL

Blind Enjoyment Fortune
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Bad Fear Love Men Punishment Virtue

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