55-130, Roman Satirical Poet
No one every suddenly became depraved.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Lust]
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Luxury]
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Revenge]
So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Modesty]
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Home]
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Money]
The people long eagerly for just two things. Bread and circuses.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [People]
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies far away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and woman, old age is upon us.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Age and Aging]
The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Wealth]
They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Glutton]
Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Patience]
Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Sports]
We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Example]
What is the use of your pedigrees?
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Aristocracy]
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Wisdom]
Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Writers and Writing]
Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) – [Prayer]
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