About Juvenal
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs ˈjuːniʊs jʊwɛˈnaːlɪs]), known in English as Juvenal ( JOO-vən-əl; c. 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the Satires, a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people from the late first...
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, / And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
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My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
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Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.