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Everything in Rome has its price.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
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In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
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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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We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]
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He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
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Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
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One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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One has no protecting power save prudence. [Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.]
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Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]
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