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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, author of the Satires. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD fix his terminus post quem (earliest date of composition).


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Quote Left How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. Quote Right
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Quote Left Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman. Quote Right
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Quote Left Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having. Quote Right
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Quote Left Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance. Quote Right
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Quote Left All things may be bought in Rome with money. Quote Right
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