What did Juvenal mean by: Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes. - Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ Rarely they rise by virtue’s aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Depth, Lying, Poverty, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Rich, Wealth, Wish, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. Feraz Zeid, October 8, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ No one every suddenly became depraved. Feraz Zeid, September 3, 2023December 24, 2023, Juvenal, Lust, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Juvenal, Envy, Punishment, Tyrants, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one’s passage money. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Folly, Passages, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The greatest respect is owed to a child. Feraz Zeid, October 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, Children, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, Heirs, Profit, Wealth, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I love painters because I don’t paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings. - Fred Armisen Actor · USA
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.] - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
