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
laughter mind poverty
O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.
light shining borrowing
Seek not to shine by borrow'd lights alone.
men long delay
When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.]
eating reason solo
In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
men poverty trials
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.]
knowledge wish pay
All wish to know, but few the price will pay.
herds
The venal herd. [Lat., Venale pecus.]
wrath heaven ira
But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow. [Lat., Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.]
care riches estates
The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
action
The act of God injures no one.
beauty mind body
Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind.
beauty unions purity
Rare is the union of beauty and purity. [Lat., Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae.]
astrology
Astrology reveals the will of the gods.
punishment tyrants envy
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.