This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
JUVENALIf nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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