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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal

Poem · Satire

All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.

In the original Latin

Nosse uolunt omnes, mercedem soluere nemo.

Juvenal
Satires · 100
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Topic
Hard workSacrificeLearningEducation
Genre
Satire
Medium
Poem
Time
100Classical antiquity
Person
Juvenal
Provenance
Current citation
Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 7.
Original citation
Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 7.

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