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
punishment evil guilt
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience. [Lat., Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se Judice nemo nocens absolvitur.]
nature earth-day doe
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
knowledge pay-the-price wish
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
inspirational jewels shining
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
growth care know-thyself
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
example depraved
We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
long purses
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
women mind nemo
The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]
guilt vices proportion
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
peace mind peace-of-mind
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
wisdom overcoming fortune
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
revenge mind littles
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
children young gentle
Be gentle with the young.
house lasts disgrace
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.