What did Juvenal mean by: Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all. Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate Author, October 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Hate, Mercy, Shame, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge Author, June 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Mindfulness, Revenge, Weakness, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ No one becomes depraved all at once. Author, August 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Corruption, Progression, Transformation, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.] Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Adaptation, Leadership, Public Opinion, 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
+ The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source. Author, July 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Cleanliness, Profit, Source, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ 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 face, not the woman is the attraction. Author, September 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Appearance, Deception, Objectification, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
![I never have wit until I am below stairs.
[Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.]](https://quotes.guide/wp-content/uploads/jean-de-la-bruyere/jean-de-la-bruyere-785341.png)
