Roman - Poet | 60 - 130
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
Juvenal
BeautyPurityRareUnion
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
NatureWisdomSayNeverOne Thing
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
DoveRavenCensure
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
KnowledgeBrainyWishPricePayFew
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
DiamondsRoughLikeShiningMany
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
FaceWillThiefEmptySingPockets
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
WomanCaseWhichDisputeHardly
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
HeartManGuiltyPunishmentFirst
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
VicesVirtuesMostOurDisguised
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
BrainyWishPlaceWillReasonTake
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
WomenEyesTearsSweat
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
MenPovertyEasyRiseWhose
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