All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity. - Juvenal
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
- Juvenal
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt - Juvenal
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt
Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?) - Juvenal
Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue. - Juvenal
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. - Juvenal
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war. - Juvenal
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. - Juvenal
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. - Juvenal
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. - Juvenal
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