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
world sincerity assurance
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
giving soul promise
A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
money men credit
Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest. [Lat., Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in area, Tantum habet et fidei.]
guilty thunder pale
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
writing sick mind
Many suffer from the incurable disease of writing, and it becomes chronic in their sick minds.
healthy mind body
Sit mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body)
death men body
Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.
dream time feet
The noiseless foot of Tune steals swiftly by And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh.
doors done mischief
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
writing satire difficult
It is difficult not to write satire.
gains expenses livelihood
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.
please expensive
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
mother children hands
Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?
appearance reliance
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.