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.

Juvenal

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Rare is the union of beauty and purity. by Juvenal

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

rome beautiful beauty

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt by Juvenal

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

circus bread giving

When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? by Juvenal

When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

reason fear desire

Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.

snakes fellowship today

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body. by Juvenal

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

health body mind

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, a... by Juvenal

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

pay-the-price talking knowledge

When talent fails, indignation writes the verse. by Juvenal

When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.

talent failing writing

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?) by Juvenal

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

custody wisdom watches

Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze.

virtue prison mean

Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth f... by Juvenal

Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

beholder mirth luck

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own hear... by Juvenal

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

guilt heart men

Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

powerful reason children

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.

two long people

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities ben... by Juvenal

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

shining jewels inspirational

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. by Juvenal

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

earth-day nature wisdom

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by po... by Juvenal

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

quality inspirational men

Nobody ever became depraved all at once. by Juvenal

Nobody ever became depraved all at once.

depraved nemo depravity

Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

crowns different bears

No god is absent where prudence dwells. by Juvenal

No god is absent where prudence dwells.

prudence absent

But who guards the guardians? by Juvenal

But who guards the guardians?

guardian security