Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat. , … - Juvenal

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Juvenal

Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat. , Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. ]

Habet, Men, Poverty, Quod, Trials

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The venal herd. [Lat. , Venale pecus. ]

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Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.

Difficult, Men, Poverty, Unhappy, Woe, Woes

Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience. [Lat. , Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se Judice nemo nocens absolvitur. ]

Acquitted, Evil, Guilt, Haec, Punishment

Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat. , Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. ]

Body, Health, Mind, Prayer, Sit

A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan.

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