What did Juvenal mean by: Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune. [Lat., Victrix fortunae sapientia.] Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander. Author, September 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Ambition, Expansion, Leadership, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ There is no reliance to be placed on appearance. Author, July 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Authenticity, Deception, Judgement, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Pleasure, Revenge, Weakness, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Common sense among men of fortune is rare. Author, August 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Rationality, Scarcity, Wealth, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Poverty, Ridicule, Struggle, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part. Author, July 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Control, Deception, Power, 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
+ The greatest respect is owed to a child. Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Children, Importance, Respect, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
