Juvenal Quotes - Page 5

The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.

Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.

The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Death alone discloses how insignificant are the puny bodies of men.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

It is difficult not to write satire.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender

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 time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.

Be gentle with the young.

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Sit mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body)

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

The arrows are from her dowry.

Wisdom overcomes fortune.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.