Juvenal

Juvenal (c. 55 — c. 127), full name Decimus Junius Juvenalis, was a celebrated Latin poet and satirist, born at Aquinum. He was a friend of Martial and contemporary of Statius and Quintilian. His satires, 16 in number, are written in indignant scorn of the vices of the Romans under the Empire, and in the descriptions of which the historian finds a portrait of the manners and morals of the time.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. (We should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.)
• Honesty is praised and starves.
• A lucky man is rarer than a white cow.
• Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
• A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
• Revenge is the poor delight of little minds.
• No one becomes depraved all at once.
• An inveterate and incurable itch for writing besets many and grows old with their sick hearts.
• Be gentle with the young.

Epictetus