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

Quote by Juvenal

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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Honesty is praised and starves

Honesty is praised and starves

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

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;...

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

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

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.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

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

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

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

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,...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

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;...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...