Quotes from bookSatires
JuvenalOriginal title Saturae (Latin)
The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the early 2nd century AD.
“We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods over the city, and avenges a conquered world.”
Nunc patimur longae pacis mala, saevior armis
luxuria incubuit victumque ulciscitur orbem.
VI, line 292.
Satires, Satire VI
“It is difficult not to write satire.”
Difficile est saturam non scribere.
I, line 30.
Satires, Satire I
