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Juvenal11 quotes
Only two things does he anxiously wish for-bread and circuses. — Juvenal · 127The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face. — JuvenalThe people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things-bread and circuses! — Juvenal · 127Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face. — Juvenal · 127We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods over the city, and avenges a conquered world. — Juvenal · 127All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100All 11 quotes →