Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
JUVENALIt is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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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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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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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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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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