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Juvenal [60-130] Roman
Rank: 102
Poet


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.

Brainy, Beauty, Knowledge, Nature, Respect, Wisdom, Women



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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
101
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
102
Rare is the union of beauty and purity. Beauty
103
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
104
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
105
It is difficult not to write satire.
106
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Nature, Wisdom
107
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes. Women
108
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. Brainy, Knowledge
109
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
110
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
111
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason. Brainy
112
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
113
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
114
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years. Respect
115
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
116
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
117

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