What did Juvenal mean by: The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy. Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ Whatever is committed from a bad example, is displeasing even to its author. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Consequences, Disapproval, Influence, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The greatest respect is owed to a child. Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Children, Importance, Respect, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Nature and wisdom always say the same. Author, August 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Harmony, Nature, Wisdom, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Critique, Hedonism, Purpose, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Avarice increases with the increasing pile of gold. Author, August 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Corruption, Greed, Wealth, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Rare is the union of beauty and purity. Author, September 17, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Beauty, Purity, Rarity, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Joy, Moderation, Pleasure, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have. Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Fate, Marriage, Uncertainty, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others. Jean Plaidy Author · England
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn’t wish to be. Read explanation Jean Rostand Biologist · France
Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
