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

Quote by Juvenal

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

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...

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

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,...

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...

Honesty is praised and starves

Honesty is praised and starves

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

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

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

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

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

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.

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;...

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

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

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...

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

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

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

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

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

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

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

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...