This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
JUVENALThis precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
More Juvenal Quotes
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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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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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