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Juvenal
Roman
Poet
About the author
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Nature
#Wisdom
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Heart
#Man
#First
#Punishment
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Woman
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Will
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Beauty
#Purity
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Vices
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Vice
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Knowledge
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Years
#Respect
#Mind
#Son
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Censure
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Eyes
#Women
#Tears
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Will
#Reason
It is difficult not to write satire.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Satire
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet
#Men
#Poverty
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
Juvenal,
Roman
Poet