It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
About Juvenal
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [‘dekImUs ‘ju:niUs jUwe’na:lIs]), known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the Satires. The details of Juvenal’s life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late first and early second centuries AD fix his earliest date of composition.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
early 2nd century Roman poet
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
early 2nd century Roman poet
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don’t ignore your son’s tender years.
early 2nd century Roman poet
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
early 2nd century Roman poet
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
early 2nd century Roman poet
It is difficult not to write satire.
early 2nd century Roman poet
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
early 2nd century Roman poet
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
early 2nd century Roman poet
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
early 2nd century Roman poet
For women’s tears are but the sweat of eyes.
early 2nd century Roman poet
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
early 2nd century Roman poet
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief ‘s face.
early 2nd century Roman poet
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
early 2nd century Roman poet
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
early 2nd century Roman poet
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
early 2nd century Roman poet
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
early 2nd century Roman poet
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
early 2nd century Roman poet