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Trust not to outward show. [Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Integrity is praised, and starves.
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The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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Nature and wisdom always say the same.
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Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin.
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No one becomes depraved all at once.
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For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul That kindred feelings might our state improve, And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
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Who watches the watchmen?
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Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display yet take this truth from me-- Virtue alone is true nobility!
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Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]
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Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
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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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Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.
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We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
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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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Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.]
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The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
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