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
swans bird black
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.
children
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
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.
children son years
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
writing
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
lust depraved
No one every suddenly became depraved.
fear hate men
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
men envy long
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.
heart men guilt
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
integrity virtue
Integrity is praised, and starves.
snakes fellowship today
Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.
prayer lying believe
Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue.
toss fool wheels
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
men fortune enjoy
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.