Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
JUVENALIt is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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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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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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