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This quotation examines the core nature of Wisdom as articulated by Juvenal. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Wisdom provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Juvenal

Decimus Junius Juvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet. He is the author of the Satires, a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people from the late first and early second centuries suggest that he began writing no earlier than that time. One recent scholar argues that his first book was published in 100 or 101. A reference to a political figure dates his fifth and final surviving book to sometime after 127.

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"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price."

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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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"Rare is the union of beauty and purity."

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"You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body. ( Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. )"

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— Selma Blair
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"Wisdom principle 68 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 5."

— Harry Bates (writer)
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"A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing."

— Georges Bataille
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"This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex."

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