Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
JUVENAL
Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
More Juvenal Quotes
-
Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.
JUVENAL -
If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
JUVENAL -
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
JUVENAL -
Remorse is the fruit of crime.
JUVENAL -
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JUVENAL -
Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.
JUVENAL -
The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
JUVENAL -
Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.
JUVENAL -
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
JUVENAL -
It is a poor thing to lean upon the fame of others, lest the pillars give way and the house fall down in ruin.
JUVENAL -
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
JUVENAL -
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
JUVENAL -
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
JUVENAL -
Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
JUVENAL -
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.
JUVENAL -
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
JUVENAL