Juvenal Quotes and Quotations
Luxury is more deadly than any foe. Honesty's praised, then left to freeze. The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source. We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them. We should pray for a sane mind in a sound body. I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason. When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for. One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another. Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. No man ever became very wicked all at once.
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