One has no protecting power save prudence. Juvenal More Quotes by Juvenal More Quotes From Juvenal There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats. Juvenal coats may men The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires. Juvenal wise desire men The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant. Juvenal tongue servant worst The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher. Juvenal dishes teacher The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with. Juvenal grapes contact The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant. Juvenal tutor pupils eclipse He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly. Juvenal get-rich rich want If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted. Juvenal insulted insults-you ought Of what avail are pedigrees? Juvenal pedigree O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind. Juvenal poverty laughter mind Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses. Juvenal food philosophy art It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others. Juvenal wretched fame The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority. Juvenal vices mind home Wisdom is the winner over good luck. Juvenal winner good-luck luck A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. Juvenal poverty faces men Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty. Juvenal ambitious poverty states One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue. Juvenal virtue path peace Remorse is the fruit of crime. Juvenal remorse fruit crime Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? Juvenal portraits noble blood When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. Juvenal assurance sincerity world
