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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• 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. Ache
• The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour Is hastening on; and while we drink and call for gay wreaths, Perfumes,… Age
• Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. Greater
• The greatest reverence is due to a child! If you are contemplating a disgraceful act, despise not your child's tender years. Act
• Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule. Bear
• But who guards the guardians? Guardian
• A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored. Believed
• There's no effrontery like that of a woman caught in the act; her very guilt inspires her with wrath and insolence. Act
• Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods. Gods
• They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. Bliss
• A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired. Acquired
• From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things? Authority
• Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last. Cabbage
• Every great house is full of haughty servants. Every Great
• Many have an irresistible itch for writing. Inspirational
• Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike. Alike
• When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. Accompanies
• Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? Ancestry
• For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. Crime
• From the disease of one the whole flock perishes. Disease
• A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan. Bird
• Luxury is more deadly than any foe. Any
• Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? Bear
• When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? Desire
• The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. Bought

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