All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENALIn the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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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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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
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Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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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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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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