One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

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• Juvenal:

  No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

• Juvenal:

  Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

• Juvenal:

  Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

• Juvenal:

  I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

• Juvenal:

  There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

• Juvenal:

  The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

• Juvenal:

  It is difficult not to write satire.

• Horace:

  He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

• Horace:

  Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain do

• Horace:

  Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.