Juvenal Quotes - Page 5

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• A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

  Juvenal

  Men, White, Luck

  Juvenal, Persius (1848). “The Satires of Juvenal and Persius Literally Translated from the Most Approved Texts by W. Wallace”, p.44

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• There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.

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  Bottom, Lawsuit

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• Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.

  Juvenal

  Honesty, Freeze, Left

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• Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

  Juvenal

  Tears, Minutes, Duty

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• The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.

  Juvenal

  Tongue, Slave

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 808-9, Satires, IX, line 120, 1922.

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• Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.

  Juvenal

  Revenge, Mind, Littles

  "Satires". Book by Juvenal, XIII, line 189, 1890.

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• An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

  Juvenal

  Excess, Wealth

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• The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

  Juvenal

  Vices, Popularity

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• A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

  Juvenal

  Heirs, Wealth, Profit

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• When the mischief is done the door is shut.

  Juvenal

  Doors, Done, Mischief

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• Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.

  Juvenal

  White, Laughing, Clubs

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• A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.

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  Giving, Soul, Promise

  Juvenal (1940). “Juvenal and Persius”

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• Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

  Juvenal

  Mistake, Youth, Allowance

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• It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.

  Juvenal

  Fame, Wretched

  "Satires". Book by Juvenal, VIII, line 76, 1890.

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• The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

  Juvenal

  Grapes, Contact

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• The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

  Juvenal

  Rewards, Virtue, Fame

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• The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

  Juvenal

  Men, Hardship, Poverty

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• Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.

  Juvenal

  Majestic, Wealth

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• One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

  Juvenal

  Globes, Youthful Arrogance

  Juvenal (1967). “The Sixteen Satires”

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• Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.

  Juvenal

  Want, Transportation, Ifs

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• I only feel, but want the power to paint.

  Juvenal

  Want, Painting, Paint

  Juvenal (1871). “The satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius ...”, p.423

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• The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.

  Juvenal

  Fisherman, Fishes

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• To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]

  Juvenal

  Men, Plates, Expenses

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• Those things please more, which are more expensive.

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  Please, Expensive

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• Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.

  Juvenal

  Nature, Doe, Speak

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