All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
JUVENALHonesty is praised and left in the cold.
More Juvenal Quotes
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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