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
revenge thinking fool
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
revenge rejoice
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
men crime he-man
Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it
men crime
What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?
men white luck
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
home mind example
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
disputes cases
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
two people circus
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!
watches censorship watchers
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?
crowns bears different
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
food two people
Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.
forgiveness humble people
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
knowledge heaven know-thyself
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
patience desire rich
Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.