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

Quote by Juvenal

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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...

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

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

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

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...

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.

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

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 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;...

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.

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

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

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

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.

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...

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

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 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...

We do not want any more wars, but a man is a damn fool to...

We do not want any more wars, but a man is a damn fool to...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...