55-130, Roman Satirical Poet
A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Men]
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Luck]
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Poverty and The Poor]
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Inheritance]
All things may be bought in Rome with money.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Cities and City Life]
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Knowledge]
Even savage animals can agree among themselves.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Agreement]
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Servants]
Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Character]
From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things?
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Parents and Parenting]
Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Poverty and The Poor]
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Age and Aging]
Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Integrity]
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Fame]
It is difficult not to write satire.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Sarcasm]
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Wealth]
Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Repetition]
Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy, another wears a crown.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Crime and Criminals]
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Quality]
Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Nature]