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Juvenal Quotes (140-)
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (c. 55 – c. 140), anglicized as Juvenal, was a Roman satiric poet.
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“Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.”
“''Hic vivimus ambitiosa paupertate omnes.”
“Maxima debetur puero reverentia.”
“Haut facile emergunt quorum virtutibus opstat
res angusta domi.”
res angusta domi.”
“Semper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam
Vexatus totiens rauci Theseide Cordi?”
Vexatus totiens rauci Theseide Cordi?”
“Indica tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem
perpetuam, saevis inter se convenit ursis.”
perpetuam, saevis inter se convenit ursis.”
“Nunc patimur longae pacis mala, saevior armis
luxuria incubuit victumque ulciscitur orbem.”
luxuria incubuit victumque ulciscitur orbem.”
“Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato: Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.”
“Nam qui dabat olim
imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se
continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat,
panem et circenses.”
imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se
continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat,
panem et circenses.”
“What's Rome to me, what business have I there?
I who can neither lie, nor falsely swear?
Nor praise my patron's undeserving rhymes,
Nor yet comply with him, nor with his times?”
I who can neither lie, nor falsely swear?
Nor praise my patron's undeserving rhymes,
Nor yet comply with him, nor with his times?”
“Nam si tibi sidera cessant,
nil faciet longi mensura incognita nervi,
quamvis te nudum spumanti Virro labello
viderit et blandae adsidue densaeque tabellae
sollicitent, autos gar ephelketai andra kinaidos.”
nil faciet longi mensura incognita nervi,
quamvis te nudum spumanti Virro labello
viderit et blandae adsidue densaeque tabellae
sollicitent, autos gar ephelketai andra kinaidos.”
“Poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus
turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas.
hinc subitae mortes atque intestata senectus;
it nova nec tristis per cunctas fabula cenas:
ducitur iratis plaudendum funus amicis.”
turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas.
hinc subitae mortes atque intestata senectus;
it nova nec tristis per cunctas fabula cenas:
ducitur iratis plaudendum funus amicis.”
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Juvenal on Obedience 3 quotes
“No nice extreme a true Italian knows; But bid him go to hell, to hell he goes.”
Juvenal on Writing style 2 quotes
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“Parent and father of the fatherland, Was Cicero styled by liberated Rome.”
Juvenal on Indulgence
“Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.”
Juvenal on Time
Juvenal on Death
“Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath, At most seven inches from the jaws of death.”
Juvenal on Gladiator
Juvenal on Remorse
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About Juvenal
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (c. 55 – c. 140), anglicized as Juvenal, was a Roman satiric poet.