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.
JUVENALA woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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Honesty is admired, and starves.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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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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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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