This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
JUVENALAll wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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Is it a simple form of madness to lose a hundred thousand sesterces, and not have a shirt to give to a shivering slave?
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
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