If nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
JUVENALIf nature’s inspiration fails, indignation will beget the poem.
JUVENALWhen talent fails, indignation writes the verse.
JUVENALWhat’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
JUVENALSome men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
JUVENALA woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
JUVENALNow we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JUVENALLuxury destroys more efficiently than war.
JUVENALRare is the union of beauty and purity.
JUVENALPray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
JUVENALDare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
JUVENALHonesty is admired, and starves.
JUVENALRare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
JUVENALThis precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
JUVENALHonesty is praised and left in the cold.
JUVENALThe tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.
JUVENALNothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
JUVENAL