Juvenal Quotes about Poverty

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

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

Juvenal

Men, Poverty, Faces

It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.

Juvenal

Poverty, Madness, Rich

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

Juvenal

Men, Hardship, Poverty

Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak

Juvenal

People, Poverty, Poor

Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.

Juvenal

Lying, Poverty, Depth

Juvenal, Horace, Persius (1822). “The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis”, p.152

They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home. [Lat., Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta domi.]

Juvenal

Home, Poverty, Ability

Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.

Juvenal

Ambitious, Poverty, States

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Juvenal

Men, Poverty, Ridiculous

"Satires". Book by Juvenal, III, line 152, 1890.

O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.

Juvenal

Laughter, Mind, Poverty

Juvenal (1806). “The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford, with notes”, p.84

Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridiculos homines facit.]

Juvenal

Men, Poverty, Trials