The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENALThe love of money grows as the money itself grows.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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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.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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