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
heart men guilt
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
heart blessing suffering
Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon the length of days as one of the least of nature's gifts; which is able to suffer every kind of hardship, is proof against anger, craves for nothing, and reckons the trials and gruelling labours of Hercules as more desirable blessings than the amorous ease and the banquets and cushions of Sardanapallus. The things that I recommend you can grant to yourself.
heart race tears
Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.
nemo depravity depraved
Nobody ever became depraved all at once. [Lat., Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.]
grapes contact
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
mother giving-up law
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
money smell may
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
laying-down scripture love-one-another
To lay down one's life for the truth.
guidance protection prudence
No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.
traveller beggar
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
excess wealth
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
giving reason-why eating
They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live.
dream time feet
The noiseless foot of Tune steals swiftly by And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh.
doors done mischief
When the mischief is done the door is shut.