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
lying poverty depth
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.
poverty madness rich
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
men poverty hardship
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
men poverty faces
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
ambitious poverty states
Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
men poverty ridiculous
Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.
laughter mind poverty
O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.
men poverty trials
Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridiculos homines facit.]
home poverty ability
They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home. [Lat., Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta domi.]
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.]
circles example authority
Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.
wife dowry objects
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
nemo depravity depraved
Nobody ever became depraved all at once. [Lat., Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.]