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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
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Die Live Madness Order Sheer Want Wealth
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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Difficult World Writing
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
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Beget Failure Nature Poem
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
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
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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Fate God Heaven Place Wise
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Body Health Mind Pray
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Consequence Dare Prison Worth
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Tolerate Wealth Woman
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Crime Fruit One Liner
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Dead Foe Luxury One Liner
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Hardship Poverty Ridiculous
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Easy Men Poverty Quality Rise

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