All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENALSo Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.
More Juvenal Quotes
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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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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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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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.
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It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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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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