All wish to be learned, but no one is 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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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
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So 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.
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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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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
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Who will watch the watchers?
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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