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Satire is what closes Saturday night.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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No one becomes depraved all at once.
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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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Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus?
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The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
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Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune. [Lat., Victrix fortunae sapientia.]
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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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It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
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Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it
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No man becomes bad all at once.
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The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.
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There's scarce a case comes on but you shall find A woman's at the bottom. [Lat., Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem moverit.]
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Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)
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