Juvenal ✓

(0055–0200) poet Ancient Rome

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[Wikidata] Wikimedia disambiguation page... | [Wikipedia] Decimus Junius Juvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet. He is the author of the Satires, a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people from the late first and early second centuries suggest that he began writing no

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• Honesty is praised and left in the cold. Cold
• You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body. Body
• All things may be bought in Rome with money. All
• There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie. Dishonesty
• Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. Fool
• No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. Inspirational
• Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it Bring
• What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only? Contented
• An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. Breasts
• Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. Acquits
• The love of money grows as the money itself grows. Grows
• Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse. Distinguish
• Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors. Destruction
• Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all. All
• Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. Bad
• No one every suddenly became depraved. Became
• No man ever became very wicked all at once. All
• Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon the length of days as one of the least of… Able
• Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many. Funny
• Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive. Alive
• A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul. Arms
• A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years. Child
• Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a… Abdicated
• No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap Ever Reached
• Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living. Existence

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