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Hold it the greatest wrong to prefer life to honor and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.

Juvenal (c.55-127) Roman satirist [Decimus Junius Juvinalis]
Satires

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The people long for only two things: bread and circuses.

Juvenal (c.55-127) Roman satirist [Decimus Junius Juvinalis]
Satires 10.79

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Corruption comes by degrees.

Juvenal (c.55-127) Roman satirist [Decimus Junius Juvinalis]
Satires, 2.84 [tr. P. Green (1967)]

Added on 29-Sep-09 | Last updated 29-Sep-09
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Look around the habitable world, how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Juvenal (c.55-127) Roman satirist [Decimus Junius Juvinalis]
Satires, no. X
(Dryden trans., 1683)

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
[Who will guard the guardians themselves?]

Juvenal (c.55-127) Roman satirist [Decimus Junius Juvinalis]
Satur

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