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
men infamous crime
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
men poverty ridiculous
Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.
ravens censorship dove
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
writing insane possession
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.
fame wretched
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
loss medicine mind
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
patience desire rich
Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.
knowledge heaven know-thyself
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
crowns bears different
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
watches censorship watchers
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?
disputes cases
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
home mind example
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
men white luck
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
revenge rejoice
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.