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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Juvenal

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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Authority Example Mind Nature Rapid
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Kindness Lie Worse
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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Crime Crown Different Result
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
Honesty is admired, and starves.
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Admire Honesty One Liner Starve
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Children Owe Respect
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Crow Fortune Luck One Liner White
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Bread Circus Human
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Blind Enjoyment Fortune
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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Death Eloquence Man Rush Strength Throw Trust
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Guilty Heart Punishment Verdict
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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Fame House Pillar Poor Ruin
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Diamond Exterior Gemstone Individual Quality Rough Shine
Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Lose Madness Shirt Slave

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

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