Juvenal Quotes

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Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
Juvenal

Beauty, Union, Rare

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal

Wisdom, Nature, Another

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Juvenal

Diamonds, Qualities, Rough

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
Juvenal

Women, Eyes, Tears

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
Juvenal

Face, Sing, Empty

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
Juvenal

Respect, Mind, Greatest

It is difficult not to write satire.
Juvenal

Difficult, Write, Satire

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
Juvenal

Men, Poverty, Easy

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
Juvenal

Wicked, Suddenly, Extremely

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Juvenal

Knowledge, Wish, Few

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
Juvenal

Dove, Raven, Censure

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
Juvenal

Wish, Place, Reason

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Juvenal

Worst, Leap, Vice

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

Small, Globe, Youthful

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
Juvenal

Virtues, Vices, Disguised

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
Juvenal

Woman, Dispute, Case

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
Juvenal

Heart, Guilty, Punishment

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Poet

Born: 60

Died: 130

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