Juvenal

Poet Satirist Ancient Rome 60 – 130

Roman satirical poet whose sharp critiques of society remain powerful and relevant.

384 quotes

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Gratitude
"What lies behind us and before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Strength
"The best wealth is poverty of desires."
Happiness
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but victory over it."
Courage
"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."
Wisdom
"Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention."
Education
"A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for."
Health
"The people long eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses."
Politics
"No one becomes depraved all at once."
Change
"That all things are subject to decay and when fate summons, none can refuse."
Death
"The poor man is everywhere a stranger."
Money
"Envy is a tax upon happiness."
Happiness
"We all share a common fear of the dark."
Fear
"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
Peace
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."
Courage
"Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good to the praise that deceives them."
Wisdom
"Even the gods help those who dare."
Motivation
"A wicked man is his own executioner."
Justice
"Time flies, and we along with it."
Time
"The greatest reverence is due to a child."
Family
"Who will guard the guardians themselves?"
Philosophy
"Luxury is more cruel than war."
Power
"Hard work never yet killed a man."
Work
"Indulgence in food and drink is the ruin of most."
Health
"The human heart desires the good, but is easily deceived."
Truth
"A man should so live as if he were always in the public eye."
"The die cast by fate admits of no appeal."
Perseverance
"Those whom the gods love die young."
Death
"The fear of hell makes men religious."
Faith
"Money you possess is the instrument of freedom; money that possesses you is the instrument of slavery."
Money