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Nature and wisdom always say the same.

Juvenal

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts.
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The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity. [Lat., Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae.]
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Be rich for yourself and poor to your friends.
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The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
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All things may be bought in Rome with money.
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He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.
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No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.
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Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience.
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Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.
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