Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
JUVENALWhen did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
More Juvenal Quotes
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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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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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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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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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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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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It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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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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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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