Juvenal Quotes

Juvenal Quotes

Juvenal Quotes

Consider the following quotes by 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."

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

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

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

"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!"

"You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body."

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

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

"Be gentle with the young."

"Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends."

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

"Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to ho"