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.
JUVENALLuck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
More Juvenal Quotes
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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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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Who will watch the watchers?
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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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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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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