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 wealth truthfulness
A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.
majestic wealth
Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.
parenting parent authority
From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things?
cabbage lasts killing
Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
honesty freeze left
Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.
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.
imperfection failing theft
What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
kindness heart men
Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.
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.
tongue slave
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
wish wealth rich
He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
men common-sense wealth
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
heirs inheritance enjoy
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
vices virtue deceiving
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.