It is difficult not to write satire. Juvenal More Quotes by Juvenal More Quotes From Juvenal We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. Juvenal depravedimitationtaught Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. Juvenal griefblowmen Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody. Juvenal prisonbraverymean Trust me no tortures which the poets feign Juvenal fiercepainnight Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime? Juvenal crimefoundmen In their palate alone is their reason of existence. Juvenal palateeatingreason To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. Juvenal heightambitiontables The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy. Juvenal punishmenttyrantsenvy Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority. Juvenal circlesauthorityexample Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another. Juvenal one-thingnature Savage bears keep at peace with one another. Juvenal savagesbearspeace Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots. Juvenal beastspotskind But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded! Juvenal incessantold-ageage Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.] Juvenal innocentravenswicked Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death. Juvenal natural-deathtyrantsnatural He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.] Juvenal public-opinioncurrentsviews He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act. Juvenal crimeguilt Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires. Juvenal impulseblinddesire Let him love none and be by none beloved! Juvenal beloved Be a gentleman farmer. Juvenal farmersgentleman
