Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal) Quotes
We should pray for a sane mind in a sound body.
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
It is difficult not to write satire.
Every great house is full of haughty servants.
No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
Juvenal, Satires, XIII.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
Seldom do people discern
Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.