Literature preserves the voice of those long dead. - Juvenal

"Literature preserves the voice of those long dead."

Juvenal Literature

Poet Satirist Ancient Rome 60–130

More from Juvenal

"Bread and circuses - that is what the people desire."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"Who will guard the guards themselves?"

"Honesty is praised and starves."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."