Quotes from Juvenal

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

Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.

Savage bears keep at peace with one another. [Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.]

Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

Indignation leads to the making of poetry. [Lat., Facit indignatio versum.]

Who watches the watchmen?

The act of God injures no one.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home. [Lat., Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta domi.]

The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.

Honesty's praised then left to freeze.

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

There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.

I only feel, but want the power to paint.

Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam Posse volunt.]

Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

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

There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.

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

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

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

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

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

The love of money grows as the money itself grows.