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
example committed
Whatever is committed from a bad example, is displeasing even to its author.
deeds guilty crime
For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum, Facti crimen habet.]
depraved
No one becomes depraved all at once.
crowns bears different
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. [Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato; Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]
men crime found
Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?
pain night fierce
Trust me no tortures which the poets feign Can match the fierce unutterable pain He feels, who night and day devoid of rest Carries his own accuser in his breast.
mean bravery prison
Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.
autumn greedy harvest
Autumn is the harvest of greedy death.
gold increase avarice
Avarice increases with the increasing pile of gold.
swans bird black
A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan.
appearance shows
Trust not to outward show. [Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]
hope learning pay-the-price
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
crowns crime crosses
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
watches
Who watches the watchmen?