Men Quotes by Juvenal

Men who only live to eat.

— Juvenal

No man ever became very wicked all at once.

— Juvenal

Death alone discloses how insignificant are the puny bodies of men.

— Juvenal

A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.

— Juvenal

What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?

— Juvenal

Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.

— Juvenal

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

— Juvenal

Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.

— Juvenal

The man whose purse is empty can cheerfully sing before the robber.

— Juvenal

Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?

— Juvenal

The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.

— Juvenal

Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius…

— Juvenal

Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their…

— Juvenal

Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

— Juvenal

When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.]

— Juvenal

Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow…

— Juvenal

Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who…

— Juvenal

By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.

— Juvenal

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.

— Juvenal

Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.

— Juvenal

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

— Juvenal

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

— Juvenal

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

— Juvenal

Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it

— Juvenal

Common sense among men of fortune is rare.

— Juvenal

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

— Juvenal

No man becomes bad all at once.

— Juvenal

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

— Juvenal

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.

— Juvenal

The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

— Juvenal

We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.

— Juvenal

To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]

— Juvenal

Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.

— Juvenal

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

— Juvenal

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

— Juvenal

For the gods, instead of what is most pleasing, will give what is most proper. Man is dearer to them than he…

— Juvenal

Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest. [Lat., Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in area,…

— Juvenal

Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take…

— Juvenal

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.

— Juvenal

There's a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame.

— Juvenal