Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
JuvenalRead
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Interpretation
Knowledge is valued, but acquiring it often requires effort and sacrifice.
Juvenal's quote highlights the disparity between the desire for knowledge and the willingness to put in the hard work necessary to attain it. While many people express a yearning to learn and understand more about the world, only a small percentage are prepared to endure the challenges and efforts required to truly gain that knowledge. This underscores the idea that education and learning come at a cost, often in the form of time, dedication, and perseverance.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students to pursue learning relentlessly.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.
Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
When I am through learning, I am through.
Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.
In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.
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