The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.


Juvenal

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A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.
OLD SONG
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
BEN JONSON
Empty pockets make empty heads.
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer'...
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE
It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN
When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)
MARKUS ZUSAK
Here is a small fact: You are going to die"
"does this scare you? I urge you don't be afraid, I...
MARKUS ZUSAK
There are skies manufactured by people, punctured and leaking,and there are soft,coal-colored clouds...
MARKUS ZUSAK
She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on that man's first night in Molching. She was ...
MARKUS ZUSAK
An attribute of Rosa Hubermann, she was a good woman for a crisis.
MARKUS ZUSAK
Her teeth were like a soccer crowd, crammed in.
MARKUS ZUSAK
The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was no...
MARKUS ZUSAK
If your eyes could speak, what would they say
MAX VANDENBURG "THE BOOK THIEF"
Oh, come on, Arthur."
"I don't want to hear it, Andy."
"Jesus Christ"
"He doesn't wan...
MARKUS ZUSAK
Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.
MARKUS ZUSAK
I'm the rose within the concrete that simulates the struggle, yet the blossom reveals defeat.
THE WRITTEN FACE
Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE
Talents are seeds of greatness. With big dreams well dispensed in form of achievements, you can pick...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Travelers with naught sing in the robber's face
JUVENAL
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
Empty pockets taught me a million lessons; full pockets gave me a million temptations.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
When you optimize your talents very well, you can pick money from people's pockets and nobody will e...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, sof...
MARKUS ZUSAK
The moon was sewn into the sky that night
MARKUS ZUSAK
If your eyes could speak, what would they say?.
MARKUS ZUSAK
I like it when I can sing half of a verse and throw the mike in some kid's face, and they sing i...
MITCHEL MUSSO
Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN
Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN
Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN
He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik...
TOBA BETA
If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
The majority of the world is empty space. Empty space, empty space, empty space. All that we see in ...
CHRIS EVANS
What matters is what we do with the life we have.
CARRIE RYAN
Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willing...
J.G. BALLARD
If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with ...
BRUCE STERLING
Deep pockets and empty hearts rule the world. We unleash them at our peril.
STEFAN MOLYNEUX
When your pockets are empty, go where your heart is full.
DRAGOS BRATASANU
He stood a few meters from the step and spoke with great conviction, great joy.
"Alles ist ...
MARKUS ZUSAK
You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. find yourself a mirror while I continue.
MARKUS ZUSAK
It's diamonds in your pockets one week, macaroni and cheese the next.
JOLENE BLALOCK
Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
MARGARET MITCHELL
All day long you sit and sew,
Stitch life down for fear it grow,

Stitch life down fo...
EDITH SITWELL
Face the monster, you know...the one that works overtime to keep you down. The one that tells you it...
CATHY GIPSON
She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING
Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wal...
DAVE GROHL
For Peter's smile is a most contagious thing.
BROM
You might well ask just what the hell he was thinking. The answer is, probably nothing at all.He'd p...
MARKUS ZUSAK
My name's Peter. Can I play too?
BROM
And may God be merciful, because these twisted men will not.
BROM
I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that ra...
MARKUS ZUSAK
Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I of...
MARKUS ZUSAK
No one delights more in vengeance than a woman. Juvenal, Satires, XIII.
JUVENAL SATIRES THE 13TH
He wasn't short of money. I have a supermarket and his pockets were never empty.
BILAL ARDO
Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON
Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH
Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.
ARTHUR KOESTLER
A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a ...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN
But after a while, that too passes, and she and Jack go back to normal, as they have been before, wh...
ANITA SHREVE
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for man...
WILLIAM BLAKE
A good song gathers the years in. It's why you can sing it with such conviction 40 years after i...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Every revolution begins with one voice crying in the wilderness.
JEFFREY FRY
Water flows because it's willing.
MARTY RUBIN
Go with the flow even if there are rapids ahead.
JIM GENOVESE
Don't resist life, flow with it.
JIM GENOVESE
Life is more like dancing than wrestling if you follow its rhythm.
JIM GENOVESE
The problem with compassion is that it is not photogenic.
SEBASTIAN HORSLEY
Longing hearts could only stand so much longing.
MARGARET MITCHELL
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON
In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music....
GARY F EVANS...
I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy th...
DAVID MITCHELL
January, month of empty pockets! Let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's f...
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE
I didn't know why I couldn't sing - all I knew was that it was muscular or mechanical. Then,...
LINDA RONSTADT
Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ...
MARGARET MITCHELL
It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON
Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.
NANCI GRIFFITH
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH
I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they r...
NINA HAGEN
There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensat...
BETH GIBBONS
Is God the Grand Chess Master? Is life a game of strategy that I should wonder what His next move wi...
RJ BLIZZARD
I'm a keen traveller, and I'm a nerd with planes and airports.
MICHAEL LANDES
When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE
He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would...
MARKUS ZUSAK
So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-t...
JOHN FANTE
The question is, what colour will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sk...
MARKUS ZUSAK
Make no mistake, the woman had a heart. She had a bigger one that people would think. There was a lo...
MARKUS ZUSAK
I like to not have to be 'on' for anybody.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
The Legend of Zorro,
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Louis, Louis, Louis...Stil whining, Louis! Are you quite finished? I've had to listen to that for ce...
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Louis: I'm flesh and blood, but not human. I haven't been human for two hundred years.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Louis: You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will ...
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny.
BILL GATES
Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives.
THICH NHAT HANH
There's very little that's comparable to seeing the spark in a student's face when she g...
ALEXI ZENTNER
There's my baby!" I cried, quite carried away, "There's my poochiekins!"
...
"Sadie," My d...
RICK RIORDAN
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
MALCOLM FORBES
George Harrison wanted to play the thief in 'Holy Mountain.'
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY
I sing what I sing. And that's recitals and orchestra concerts. To appease - no, that's not ...
KATHLEEN BATTLE
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
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Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Your prayer must be 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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From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse thin...
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Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.
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Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
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A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
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The people long eagerly for just two things. Bread and circuses.
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Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.
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Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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All things may be bought in Rome with money.
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Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy,...
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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.
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No one every suddenly became depraved.
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It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
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So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.
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Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
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We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
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A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
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They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live.
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Two things only the people desire: bread, and the circus games.
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What is the use of your pedigrees?
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Even savage animals can agree among themselves.
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Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
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It is difficult not to write satire.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
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Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
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A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face
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Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold
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Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,
The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
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A healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Peace visits not the guilty mind.
(Nemo Malus Felix)
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
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There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Be gentle with the young.
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The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies far away. While we are calling for flowers and wi...
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How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
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Wisdom overcomes fortune.
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The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.
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Who will guard the guards themselves?
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
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Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.
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Travelers with naught sing in the robber's face
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There's many a thing which they - Whose coats are tattered never dare to say
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Panem et circenses.
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No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
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All want to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price
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All wish to know, but none want to pay the fee
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Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last
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Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
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'Tis unto children most respect is due
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Wisdom is the winner over good luck
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Honesty is praised and starves
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The blind envy the one-eyed
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Let nothing which is disgraceful to be spoken of, or to be seen, approach this place where a child i...
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Virtue is the one and only nobility.
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Indulgence rare to pleasures lendeth zest
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No one ever reached the depths of wickedness all at once.
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No one shall be a thief with me as his helper
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In times like these it is difficult not to write satire
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Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.
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Virtue's admired - and shivers with the cold
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difficile est saturam non scribere
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Who is to guard the guards themselves?
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I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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Father of his country. [Lat., Pater pariae.]
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I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]
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Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O P...
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You are not to do evil that good may come of it. [Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogita...
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By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted. [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
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Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another...
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A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan. [Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroqu...
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Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This...
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]
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Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est anim...
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Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. [Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa...
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. [Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
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There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods. [...
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Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quem...
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He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately. [Lat., Dives fieri qui vult Et c...
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa For...
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Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat.,...
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Satire is what closes Saturday night.
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It is difficult not to write satire. [Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.]
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I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione...
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In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
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Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those who denounce what they do themselv...
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Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse thi...
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What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent of the undertaking and the accompli...
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With thumb turned. [Lat., Verso pollice.]
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We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpib...
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Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in c...
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Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in i...
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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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And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue; On eagles' w...
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And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame; On eag...
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A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for. [Lat., Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in ...
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. [Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]
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Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine ...
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Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please children and be made the subject of de...
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Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece! C...
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Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proport...
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For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul; Tha...
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A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
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The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deform...
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The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria P...
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What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? [Lat., Quid violentius aure tyranni?]
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The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part. [Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
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To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra...
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Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit...
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Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.
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