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

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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.

nature speak doe

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly. by Juvenal

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

wicked human-nature character

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when y... by Juvenal

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

madness want order

Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? by Juvenal

Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition?

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.

forgiveness humble people

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself. by Juvenal

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

know-thyself heaven knowledge

The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.

wine flower life

The greatest respect is owed to a child. by Juvenal

The greatest respect is owed to a child.

Luxury is more deadly than any foe. by Juvenal

Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

foe enjoyment luxury

Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once. by Juvenal

Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.

rich desire patience

The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source. by Juvenal

The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.

smell wealth sweet

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes. by Juvenal

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

flocks disease whole

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. by Juvenal

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.

guilty crime deeds

Honesty is praised and left in the cold. by Juvenal

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

left cold honesty

All things may be bought in Rome with money. by Juvenal

All things may be bought in Rome with money.

A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan. by Juvenal

A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.

swans black bird

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

sin wisdom sake

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap by Juvenal

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap

umpires vices evil

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

children years son

Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many. by Juvenal

Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.