Juvenal
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.Collection: Wisdom
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.Collection: Knowledge
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.Collection: Brainy
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.Collection: Beauty
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.Collection: Women
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.Collection: Respect
Give them bread and circuses and they will never revoltCollection: Giving
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.Collection: Tears
Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)Collection: Wisdom
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.Collection: War
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.Collection: Vices
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.Collection: Fear
Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.Collection: Snakes
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.Collection: Different
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.Collection: Order
See the effect of commercial intercourse.Collection: Intercourse
Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.Collection: Health
Integrity is praised, and starves.Collection: Integrity
When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.Collection: Writing
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.Collection: Love
We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.Collection: Men
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.Collection: Insults You
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.Collection: Disputes
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.Collection: Men
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.Collection: Revenge
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.Collection: Two
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.Collection: Inheritance
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.Collection: Kindness
Peace visits not the guilty mind.Collection: Peace
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.Collection: Lying
To lay down one's life for the truth.Collection: Laying Down
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.Collection: Mistake
Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.Collection: Writing
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.Collection: Tongue
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.Collection: Guilty
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.Collection: Men
What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?Collection: Men
A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored.Collection: Men
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.Collection: Grapes
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.Collection: Kind
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.Collection: Fame
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.Collection: Pockets
Everything in Rome has its price.Collection: Rome
Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank.Collection: Common Sense
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.Collection: Globes
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.Collection: Too Late