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
contented license sin
No man's contented just so much to sin - As you may license him
world sincerity assurance
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
strong men sin
Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.
singing faces traveler
Travelers with naught sing in the robber's face
wisdom sake sin
Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.
virtues
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
command
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
nice italian hell
No nice extreme a true Italian knows; But bid him go to hell, to hell he goes.
lying poverty depth
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.
fear desire reason
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
grief men blow
Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]
purple gains grapes
The grape gains its purple tinge by looking at another grape. [Lat., Uvaque conspecta livorem ducit ab uva.]
circles example authority
Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.