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
excess wealth
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
heirs wealth profit
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
men wealth truthfulness
A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.
majestic wealth
Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.
wish wealth rich
He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
men common-sense wealth
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
friendship money wealth
Be rich for yourself and poor to your friends.
sweet smell wealth
The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.
men wealth fortune
We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.
wealthy
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
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.
contented license sin
No man's contented just so much to sin - As you may license him