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Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]
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The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour Is hastening on and while we drink and call for gay wreaths, Perfumes, and young girls, old age creeps upon us, unperceived.
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Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
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The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
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Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.
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Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.
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Trust me no tortures which the poets feign Can match the fierce unutterable pain He feels, who night and day devoid of rest Carries his own accuser in his breast.
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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.
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When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.]
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A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.
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When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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