What did Juvenal mean by: This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. Author, November 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Action, Bravery, Commitment, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Those things please more, which are more expensive. Author, July 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Luxury, Materialism, Value, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Happiness, Livelihood, Sacrifice, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue. Author, October 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Deception, Vice, Virtue, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath, At most seven inches from the jaws of death. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Mortality, Peril, Trust, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Men who only live to eat. Author, September 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Gluttony, Hedonism, Indulgence, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Let him love none and be by none beloved! Author, July 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Isolation, Loneliness, Rejection, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Desire, Knowledge, Sacrifice, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains. William Morris Designer · England
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
