All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENALWhen talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
More Juvenal Quotes
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
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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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Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
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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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If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
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What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
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