Quotes by Juvenal

• Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
• No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
• This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
• There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
• The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
• Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
• Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
• No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
• All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
• A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
• Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
• Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
• For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
• I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
• It is difficult not to write satire.
• It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
• One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.