What did Juvenal mean by: To eat at another’s table is your ambition’s height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.] Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Appearance, Status, Taboo, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body. Author, July 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Body, Mind, Prayer, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Happiness, Seduction, Wickedness, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Materialism, Mortality, Wealth, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Honesty’s praised, then left to freeze. Author, September 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Betrayal, Consequences, Honesty, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Limits the Romans’ anxieties to two things – bread and games. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Control, Distraction, Power, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The love of pelf increases with the pelf. [Lat., Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit.] Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Greed, Money, Wealth, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? Author, July 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Desires, Fears, Reason, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Shooting is a lost art. I want to be one of the artists who is remembered for a long, long time. Michael Redd Basketball player · USA
High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit — reptiles and eagles. Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
