Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
JUVENALMany commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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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.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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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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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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