Few are born wise; most are made so through experience. - Juvenal

"Few are born wise; most are made so through experience."

Juvenal Wisdom

Poet Satirist Ancient Rome 60–130

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"Bread and circuses - that is what the people desire."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"Who will guard the guards themselves?"

"Honesty is praised and starves."

"I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."

"The best things in life are free."

"You can't have everything in life, but you can have what matters most."

"A woman's intuition is rarely wrong."