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
healthy mind body
Sit mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body)
revenge mind pleasure
Revenge, we find, the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
revenge mind littles
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
mind faults guilty
Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender
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.
loss medicine mind
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
prayer health mind
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]
laughter mind poverty
O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.
beauty mind body
Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind.
revenge mind littles
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
peace mind peace-of-mind
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
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.]
fear desire reason
When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
grief men blow
Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]