All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENALLuxury is more deadly than any foe.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
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A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
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Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
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Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
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