Juvenal Quotes (17 quotes)

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„No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.“
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„Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.“
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„One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.“
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„It is difficult not to write satire.“
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„There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.“
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„This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.“
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„No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.“
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„It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.“
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„A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.“
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„For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.“
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„The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.“
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„Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.“
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„All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.“
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„Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.“
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„Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.“
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„Rare is the union of beauty and purity.“
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„I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.“
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Juvenal
Author born: November 30, 2059
Author died: November 30, 0129
Nationality: Roman
Author Profession: Poet

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