Morte magis metuenda benectus. (Old age is more to be feared than death.)
-- Juvenal (60-140 CE)
-- Juvenal (60-140 CE)
Related:
- Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman. -
Juvenal (60-140... - Luxury is more deadly than
any foe.... - The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.
Latin... - A widow is more sought after than an old maid of the
same age. --... - It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
Niccolo... - Virtue is more to be feared than vice because its
excesses
are not regulated by... - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will watch the watchers?)
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Juvenal (60-140... - Old age hurries upon him who commits adultery. --
Babylonian Talmud (450...
From the same category:
- No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:
I see Heaven's glories shine, And faith shines equal... - Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and
chains;
those who steal from the public treasure go dressed... - No man ever became wise by chance. --
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c.4 BCE-65... - Damn the money. Damn the heavyweight championship.
Damn the white people. Damn everything. I will die... - Old age hurries upon him who commits adultery. --
Babylonian Talmud (450...
