A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan. Juvenal More Quotes by Juvenal More Quotes From Juvenal Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears. Juvenal tears race heart The act of God injures no one. Juvenal action The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book. Juvenal prayer men book Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue. Juvenal virtue shadow vices Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind. Juvenal body mind beauty But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow. Juvenal ira wrath heaven All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. Juvenal pay-the-price learning hope Trust not to outward show. Juvenal appearance shows Avarice increases with the increasing pile of gold. Juvenal avarice increase gold The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing. Juvenal estates riches care The love of pelf increases with the pelf. Juvenal amor quantum increase Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. Juvenal crowns different bears The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? Juvenal rewards virtue fame So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue. Juvenal thirst virtue glory The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. Juvenal virtue path life-is Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. Juvenal poverty trials men The traveler without money will sing before the robber. Juvenal robbers traveler poverty The man whose purse is empty can cheerfully sing before the robber. Juvenal purses empty men One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown. Juvenal crowns crime crosses Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath, Juvenal inches seven death
