Quote

Who is to guard the guards themselves?

Juvenal

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Juvenal
Poet
Writer
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Guards
Guard
Awareness

More quotes by Juvenal

Image
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
Juvenal
Image
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.
Juvenal
Image
Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.
Juvenal
Image
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
Juvenal
Image
No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.
Juvenal
Image
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Juvenal
Image
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
Juvenal
Image
Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
Juvenal
Image
To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]
Juvenal
Image
The grape gains its purple tinge by looking at another grape. [Lat., Uvaque conspecta livorem ducit ab uva.]
Juvenal
Image
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.
Juvenal
Image
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
Juvenal
Image
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
Juvenal
Image
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
Juvenal
Image
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
Juvenal
Image
All things may be bought in Rome with money.
Juvenal
Image
To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]
Juvenal
Image
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal
Image
No one becomes depraved all at once.
Juvenal
Image
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
Juvenal