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Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.
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The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them.
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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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Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
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O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.
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Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind.
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Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]
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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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Trust me no tortures which the poets feign
Can match the fierce unutterable pain
He feels, who night and day devoid of rest
Carries his own accuser in his breast.
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If your stars go against you, the fantastic size of your cock will get you precisely nowhere, however much Virro may have drooled at the spectacle of your naked charms, though love-letters come in by the dozen, imploring your favors.
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This is the first of punishments, that no guilty man is acquitted if judged by himself.
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Even if nature says no, indignation makes me write verse.
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You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
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A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
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Bitter poverty has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.
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We all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
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Our censor's rule condemns the doves while acquitting the ravens.
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When Nature
Gave tears to mankind, she proclaimed that tenderness was endemic
In the human heart: of all our impulses, this
Is the highest and best.
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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things —bread and circuses!
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'Bolt her in, keep her indoors.' But who is to guard the guards themselves? Your wife is prudent and begins with them.
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The Syrian Orontes has now for long been pouring into the Tiber, with its own language and ways of behaving.
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Who would put up with the Gracchi complaining about subversion?
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A rare bird on earth, comparable to a black swan.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he
Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
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Decimus Iūnius Iuvenālis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE, author of the Satires.
Known for:
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Juvenal and Persius
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Juvenal: Satire 6
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