What did Juvenal mean by: One has no protecting power save prudence. [Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.] Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly. Author, June 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Behavior, Evil, Progression, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ To eat at another’s table is your ambition’s height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.] Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Ambition, Envy, Rivalry, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Avarice, Life, Wealth, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Savage bears keep at peace with one another. [Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.] Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Nature, Peace, Unity, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Nobody ever became depraved all at once. [Lat., Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.] Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Degradation, Progression, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted. Author, September 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Guilt, Justice, Verdict, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Mortality, Power, Tyranny, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Trust not to outward show. [Lat., Fronti nulla fides.] Author, July 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Appearance, Deception, Trust, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
