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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
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Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)
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In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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