Juvenal Art Quotations

A rare bird on earth, and very like a black swan.

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts; And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon the length of days as one of the least of nature's gifts; which is able to suffer every kind of hardship, is proof against anger, craves for nothing, and reckons the trials and gruelling labours of Hercules as more desirable blessings than the amorous ease and the banquets and cushions of Sardanapallus. The things that I recommend you can grant to yourself.

Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.