Juvenal Quotes
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A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity. [Lat., Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae.]
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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The man whose purse is empty can cheerfully sing before the robber.
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Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind.
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Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
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No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam Praemia se tollas.]
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Indignation leads to the making of poetry. [Lat., Facit indignatio versum.]
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The noiseless foot of Tune steals swiftly by And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh.
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Be a gentleman farmer.
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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.
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Who is to guard the guards themselves?
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Satire is what closes Saturday night.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
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But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow. [Lat., Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.]
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Autumn is the harvest of greedy death.
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Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
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Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
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Nobody ever became depraved all at once. [Lat., Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.]
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Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
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Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience.
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An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.
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Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
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See the effect of commercial intercourse.
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