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Count it the greatest sin to prefer mere existence to honor, and for the sake of life to… — Juvenal

Poem

Count it the greatest sin to prefer mere existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

In the original Latin

Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori, et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.

Juvenal
Satires · 127
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Honor
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127Classical antiquity
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Juvenal
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Current citation
Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 8.
Original citation
Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 8.

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