Juvenal Quotes

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

– Juvenal

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

– Juvenal

For women’s tears are but the sweat of eyes.

– Juvenal

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

– Juvenal

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

– Juvenal

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

– Juvenal

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

– Juvenal

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

– Juvenal

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

– Juvenal

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

– Juvenal

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

– Juvenal

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

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

– Juvenal

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

– Juvenal

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

– Juvenal

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

– Juvenal

It is difficult not to write satire.

– Juvenal