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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum, Facti crimen habet.]
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Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.
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He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.
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Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.
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Who watches the watchmen?
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
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It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage money.
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The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
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Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]
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In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
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What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?
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For the short-lived bloom and contracted span of brief and wretched life is fast fleeting away! While we are drinking and calling for garlands, ointments, and women, old age steals swiftly on with noiseless step.
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Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]
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The greatest reverence is due to a child! If you are contemplating a disgraceful act, despise not your child's tender years.
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