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
virtue nobility
Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]
triumph chance
Wisdom triumphs over chance.
eclipse pupils tutor
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
selfishness luxurious
Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends. [Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.]
rewards virtue fame
The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam Praemia se tollas.]
tongue worst servant
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
men coats may
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.
retreat too-late late
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
amor increase quantum
The love of pelf increases with the pelf. [Lat., Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit.]
beard lions pluck
Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]
punishment tyrants envy
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.
astrology
Astrology reveals the will of the gods.
beauty unions purity
Rare is the union of beauty and purity. [Lat., Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae.]
beauty mind body
Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind.