Juvenal Quotes
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, anglicized as Juvenal, was a Roman satiric poet.
(c. 60 - c. 140)
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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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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Luck]
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A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
[Medicine]
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All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
[Knowledge]
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An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.
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Avarice increases with the increasing pile of gold.
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Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
[Sin]
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Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
[Censure]
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Every error of the mind is the more conspicuous, and culpable, in proportion to the rank of the person who commits it.
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Examples of vicious courses, practised in a domestic circle, corrupt more readily and more deeply, when we behold them in persons of authority.
[Example]
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For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, / And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
[Fortune]
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Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.
[Honesty]
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I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
[Motivation]
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In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
[Satire]
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It is difficult not to write satire.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
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Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Crime]
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
[Quality]
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