Juvenal
Juvenal
Decimus Iūnius Iuvenālis , known in English as Juvenal /ˈdʒuːvənəl/, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, author of the Satires. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD fix his terminus post quem...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
wisdom sake sin
Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.
children
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
swans bird black
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.
awareness self-awareness
Who is to guard the guards themselves?
lizards green may
Remote though your farm may be, It's something to be the lord of one green lizard-and free.
order judgement done
I will have this done, so I order it done; let my will replace reasoned judgement.
rome
Everything in Rome has its price.
power wish posse
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam Posse volunt.]
believe power equal
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods. [Lat., Nihil est quod credere de se Non possit, quum laudatur dis aequa potestas.]
poetry indignation
Indignation leads to the making of poetry. [Lat., Facit indignatio versum.]
peace bears savages
Savage bears keep at peace with one another. [Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.]
nature one-thing
Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another. [Lat., Nunquam aliud Natura aliud Sapientia dicit.]
money tears lost
Money lost is bewailed with unfeigned tears. [Lat., Ploratur lacrimis amissa pecunia veris.]
life flower wine
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us. [Lat., Festinat enim decurrere velox Flosculus angustae miseraeque brevissima vitae Portico; dum bibimus dum sera unguenta puellas Poscimus obrepit non intellecta senectus.]