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

Quote by Juvenal

Topics: Self Growth Quotes

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.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

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...

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...