Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Quote by Juvenal

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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.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

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.

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

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

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

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

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in...

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in...

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.

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

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

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

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.

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

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

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...

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

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

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

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.