Quotes by Juvenal

Juvenal

Juvenal

Roman poet

Category: Poets (Contemporary)

  • Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy, another wears a crown.
  • The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.

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  • Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.
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  • A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
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  • A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
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  • A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
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  • A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
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  • All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
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  • Be gentle with the young.
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  • Even savage animals can agree among themselves.
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  • Every great house is full of haughty servants.
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  • Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.
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  • Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
    And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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  • From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things?
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  • Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
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  • How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
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  • Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.
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  • It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
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  • It is difficult not to write satire.
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  • It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
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  • Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
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  • Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy, another wears a crown.
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Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from Juvenal?

The two most famous quotes from Juvenal are:

  • "Nature never says one thing and wisdom another."
  • "A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul."

When did Juvenal live?

Juvenal is still alive and was born in 0.