Juvenal Quotes

Most popular Juvenal Quotes

It is hard not to write satire. - Juvenal quote.
It is hard not to write satire.
— Juvenal Satires

satire

Nobility is the one and only virtue. - Juvenal quote.
Nobility is the one and only virtue.
— Juvenal
'Tis unto children most respect is due. - Juvenal quote.
'Tis unto children most respect is due.
— Juvenal
Honesty's praised, then left to starve. - Juvenal quote.
Honesty's praised, then left to starve.
— Juvenal
They acquit the vultures but condemn the doves. - Juvenal quote.
They acquit the vultures but condemn the doves.
— Juvenal
We should pray for a sound mind in a sound body. - Juvenal quote.
We should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
— Juvenal Satires

health

How you've got rich, none cares; rich you must be. - Juvenal quote.
How you've got rich, none cares; rich you must be.
— Juvenal
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. - Juvenal quote.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
— Juvenal

wisdom

The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them. - Juvenal quote.
The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them.
— Juvenal Satires

pleasure

Revenge is always the pleasure of a paltry, feeble, tiny mind. - Juvenal quote.
Revenge is always the pleasure of a paltry, feeble, tiny mind.
— Juvenal Satires

revenge

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of reason. - Juvenal quote.
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of reason.
— Juvenal
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons. - Juvenal quote.
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
— Juvenal
Men whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. - Juvenal quote.
Men whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live.
— Juvenal
Look round the habitable world: how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue it? - Juvenal quote.
Look round the habitable world: how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue it?
— Juvenal
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. - Juvenal quote.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
— Juvenal
Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he
Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality. - Juvenal quote.
Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he
Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.
— Juvenal Satires

tears