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Juvenal

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
Who will watch the watchers?
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One Liner Watch
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
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Destroy Efficient Luxury War
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Part Slave Tongue
What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Fortune Matter
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
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Human Nature Learn Pay Price
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Possess Writing
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Growth Love Money
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
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Anger Lack Poetry Talent Writing
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Indulge Pleasure Rare
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing

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