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Juvenal quotes: Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses. Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.
Juvenal quotes: There's scarce a case comes on but you shall findA woman's at the bottom.[Lat., Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem moverit.] There's scarce a case comes on but you shall find
A woman's at the bottom.
[Lat., Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem moverit.]
Juvenal quotes: Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
Juvenal quotes: No god is absent where prudence dwells. No god is absent where prudence dwells.
Juvenal quotes: The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher. The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.
Juvenal quotes: The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant. The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
Juvenal quotes: To keep up as good a cuisine as your father. To keep up as good a cuisine as your father.
Juvenal quotes: Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm. Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Juvenal quotes: Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility. Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.
Juvenal quotes: No man becomes bad all at once. No man becomes bad all at once.
Juvenal quotes: To lay down one's life for the truth. To lay down one's life for the truth.
Juvenal quotes: Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself. Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
Juvenal quotes: All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Juvenal quotes: An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed. An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
Juvenal quotes: There is no reliance to be placed on appearance. There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
Juvenal quotes: Savage bears agree with one another. Savage bears agree with one another.
Juvenal quotes: No one becomes depraved all at once. No one becomes depraved all at once.
Juvenal quotes: The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part. The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
Juvenal quotes: Every great house is full of haughty servants. Every great house is full of haughty servants.
Juvenal quotes: Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods. Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.
Juvenal quotes: Who is to guard the guards themselves? Who is to guard the guards themselves?
Juvenal quotes: Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world. Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
Juvenal quotes: We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune. We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.
Juvenal quotes: No one ever suddenly became depraved. No one ever suddenly became depraved.
Juvenal quotes: This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason
Juvenal quotes: Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends.[Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.] Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends.
[Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.]
Juvenal quotes: The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction. The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
Juvenal quotes: Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority. Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.
Juvenal quotes: No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap. No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Juvenal quotes: Savage bears keep at peace with one another.[Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.] Savage bears keep at peace with one another.
[Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.]
Juvenal quotes: I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason. I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
Juvenal quotes: One has no protecting power save prudence.[Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.] One has no protecting power save prudence.
[Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.]
Juvenal quotes: The abject pleasure of an abject mindAnd hence so dear to poor weak woman kind.[Lat., VindictaNemo magis gaudet, quam femina.] The abject pleasure of an abject mind
And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind.
[Lat., Vindicta
Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]
Juvenal quotes: The itch of scribbling. The itch of scribbling.
Juvenal quotes: The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing. The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
Juvenal quotes: What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only? What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?
Juvenal quotes: The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy. The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
Juvenal quotes: Wisdom is the winner over good luck. Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
Juvenal quotes: Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it
Juvenal quotes: Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.[Lat., Victrix fortunae sapientia.] Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune.
[Lat., Victrix fortunae sapientia.]
Juvenal quotes: Even savage animals can agree among themselves. Even savage animals can agree among themselves.
Juvenal quotes: A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired. A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
Juvenal quotes: She knows no difference 'twixt head and privities who devours immense oysters at midnight. She knows no difference 'twixt head and privities who devours immense oysters at midnight.
Juvenal quotes: Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak
Juvenal quotes: Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Juvenal quotes: No nice extreme a true Italian knows;But bid him go to hell, to hell he goes. No nice extreme a true Italian knows;
But bid him go to hell, to hell he goes.
Juvenal quotes: Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games. Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.
Juvenal quotes: Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within. Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.
Juvenal quotes: When talent fails, indignation writes the verse. When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
Juvenal quotes: Dedicate one's life to truth Dedicate one's life to truth
Juvenal quotes: When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
Juvenal quotes: Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once. Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.
Juvenal quotes: There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it. There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
Juvenal quotes: To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.] To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]
Juvenal quotes: Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings. Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
Juvenal quotes: Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody. Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.
Juvenal quotes: The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous. The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
Juvenal quotes: Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry. Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
Juvenal quotes: A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan. A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.
Juvenal quotes: No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step.
Juvenal quotes: Satire is what closes Saturday night. Satire is what closes Saturday night.
Juvenal quotes: The love of pelf increases with the pelf.[Lat., Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit.] The love of pelf increases with the pelf.
[Lat., Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit.]
Juvenal quotes: Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman. Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
Juvenal quotes: The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.[Lat., Semita certeTranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.] The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.
[Lat., Semita certe
Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]
Juvenal quotes: When the mischief is done the door is shut. When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Juvenal quotes: Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Juvenal quotes: One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue. One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
Juvenal quotes: Luxury destroys more efficiently than war. Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
Juvenal quotes: Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own? Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?
Juvenal quotes: Trust not to outward show.[Lat., Fronti nulla fides.] Trust not to outward show.
[Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]
Juvenal quotes: Luxury is more deadly than any foe. Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
Juvenal quotes: Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,And toss them on the wheels of Chance. Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
Juvenal quotes: Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries. Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
Juvenal quotes: Of what avail are pedigrees? Of what avail are pedigrees?
Juvenal quotes: Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors. Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.
Juvenal quotes: A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years. A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
Juvenal quotes: ..but who will guard the guardians? ..but who will guard the guardians?
Juvenal quotes: There is great unanimity among the dissolute.[Lat., Magna inter molles concordia.] There is great unanimity among the dissolute.
[Lat., Magna inter molles concordia.]
Juvenal quotes: Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion.[Lat., NoliBarbam vellere mortuo leoni.] Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion.
[Lat., Noli
Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]
Juvenal quotes: One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown. One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Juvenal quotes: 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 quotes: Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is. Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.
Juvenal quotes: What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft? What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
Juvenal quotes: The abuse of cabmen in a block. The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Juvenal quotes: Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence. Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Juvenal quotes: Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody.
Juvenal quotes: What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?
Juvenal quotes: The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have. The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Juvenal quotes: The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires. The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Juvenal quotes: From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things? From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things?
Juvenal quotes: The love of money grows as the money itself grows. The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
Juvenal quotes: Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue. Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.
Juvenal quotes: The love of popularity holds you in a vice. The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Juvenal quotes: But who guards the guardians? But who guards the guardians?
Juvenal quotes: Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition?
Juvenal quotes: It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
Juvenal quotes: Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?) Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)
Juvenal quotes: A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate
Juvenal quotes: Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath,At most seven inches from the jaws of death. Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath,
At most seven inches from the jaws of death.
Juvenal quotes: This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted. This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

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