JJuvenal

35 collected words

Juvenal

Life dates: 47 AD — 138 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 92 AD

Honesty's praised then left to freeze.

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02c. 92 AD

All wish to be learned but no one is willing to pay the price.

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03c. 92 AD

A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.

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04c. 92 AD

I wish it I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

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05c. 92 AD

We should pray for a sane mind in a sound body.

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06c. 92 AD

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

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07c. 92 AD

Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.

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08c. 92 AD

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

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09c. 92 AD

No man ever became very wicked all at once.

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10c. 92 AD

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

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11c. 92 AD

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

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