Juvenal - Man Quotes

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No man will get my help in robbery, and therefore no governor will take me on his staff.

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This is the first of punishments, that no guilty man is acquitted if judged by himself.

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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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No man ever became extremely wicked all at once.

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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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There's a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame.

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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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