Juvenal Quotes - Page 3

Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.

Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.

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

Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]

Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!

Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze. [Lat., Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis. Probitas laudatur et alget.]

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

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.