+ One has no protecting power save prudence. [Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.] Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Power, Protection, Wisdom, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Chance, Fools, Fortune, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Rare is the union of beauty and purity. [Lat., Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae.] Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Beauty, Purity, Union, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime? Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Consequences, Guilt, Morality, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once. Author, October 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Ambition, Timing, Wealth, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Ambition, Fortune, Humor, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ No one ever suddenly became depraved. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Development, Morality, Transformation, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief ‘s face. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Defiance, Poverty, Survival, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
