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
hero men shining
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take this truth from me-- Virtue alone is true nobility!
order reason
I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
wish reason pleasure
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason
poverty madness rich
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
men poverty hardship
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
revenge mind littles
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
class ignorant faces
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
nature doe speak
Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.
blood noble use
Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus?
deeds guilty crime
For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
singing faces traveler
Travelers with naught sing in the robber's face
art sky hungry
All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts; And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts.
common-sense common higher
Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.
luxury enjoyment foe
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.