Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
The traveler without money will sing before the robber. [Lat., Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator.] — Juvenal Copy Share Image
O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home. [Lat., Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime? — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Indignation leads to the making of poetry. [Lat., Facit indignatio versum.] — Juvenal Copy Share Image
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
