Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved. -Juvenal

 

Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.


-Juvenal
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This quote is just one of 24 total Juvenal quotes in our collection. Juvenal is known for saying 'Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.' as well as some of the following quotes.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Juvenal

Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.

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Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.

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You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.

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Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.

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