All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Quote by Juvenal

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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.