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Juvenal Quotes: This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
         

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.


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The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]



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



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