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
revenge mind pleasure
Revenge, we find, the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
writing irresistible
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
house servant haughty
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
pleasure produce indulgence
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
tyrants ears tyranny
What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?
vices virtue deceiving
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
wish wealth rich
He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
tongue slave
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
money men greed
Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.
kindness heart men
Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.
imperfection failing theft
What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
children years parent
The greatest reverence is due to a child! If you are contemplating a disgraceful act, despise not your child's tender years.
guardian security
But who guards the guardians?
honesty freeze left
Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.