Juvenal Quotes

"Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance."
-Juvenal in Chance quotes.

"Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain, he feels, who night and day, devoid of rest, carries his own accuser in his breast."
-Juvenal in Trust quotes.

"Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having."
-Juvenal

"You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body."
-Juvenal in Prayer quotes.

"Be gentle with the young."
-Juvenal in Children quotes.

"Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman."
-Juvenal

"What's infamy matter when you get to keep your fortune?"
-Juvenal

"A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face."
-Juvenal in Poverty quotes.

"Peace visits not the guilty mind. (Nemo Malus Felix)."
-Juvenal

"One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue."
-Juvenal

"Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind."
-Juvenal in Revenge quotes.

"The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!"
-Juvenal

"Who will guard the guards themselves? (quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)"
-Juvenal

"A healthy mind in a healthy body."
-Juvenal in Body quotes.

"Two things only the people anxiously desire - bread and circuses."
-Juvenal

"The blind envy the one-eyed."
-Juvenal

"Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living."
-Juvenal

"One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander."
-Juvenal

"Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends."
-Juvenal in Money quotes.

"Myself, I prefer life without fires, without nocturnal panics."
-Juvenal

"Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved."
-Juvenal