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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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When the mischief is done the door is shut.
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It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
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Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender
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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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A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.
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The traveler without money will sing before the robber. [Lat., Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator.]
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What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
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But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
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The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
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When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
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Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.
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The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
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To lay down one's life for the truth.
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Trust not to outward show. [Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]
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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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Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.
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Integrity is praised, and starves.
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The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]
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Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.
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We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
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