Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
JUVENALWhen talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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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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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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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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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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