Quote

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

Juvenal

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Juvenal
Poet
Writer
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Long
Splendid
Men
Stream
Streams
Envy
Destruction
Hurls
Honor
Incites
Power
Drowned
Great
Honors

More quotes by Juvenal

Image
All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts.
Juvenal
Image
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Juvenal
Image
The traveler without money will sing before the robber. [Lat., Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator.]
Juvenal
Image
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Juvenal
Image
Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)
Juvenal
Image
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
Juvenal
Image
For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul That kindred feelings might our state improve, And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.
Juvenal
Image
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam Posse volunt.]
Juvenal
Image
They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home. [Lat., Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta domi.]
Juvenal
Image
No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.
Juvenal
Image
Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.
Juvenal
Image
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Juvenal
Image
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
Juvenal
Image
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
Juvenal
Image
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!
Juvenal
Image
What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
Juvenal
Image
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.]
Juvenal
Image
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
Juvenal
Image
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
Juvenal
Image
Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.
Juvenal