Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
JUVENALWhat’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
More Juvenal Quotes
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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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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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
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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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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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