It is sheer madness to live to die wealthy – Juvenal

„It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.“

Decimus Iunius IuvenalisJuvenal warns of the madness of starving in life just to die wealthy.
PreviousNext

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis was a Roman satirical poet of the 1st and 2nd centuries.

This quote criticizes the idea of living in poverty only to be wealthy after death.


Translation or original: 🇩🇪Click here

Quelle: Hier klicken

i

3.0 / 5

Inspirational quote by Juvenal about living wisely instead of accumulating wealth to leave behind

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, also known as Juvenal, was a Roman satirist who likely lived during the 1st and 2nd centuries. His exact life dates are uncertain, but it is believed he was born around 60 AD and died some years after 127 AD. Originating probably from Aquinum, he is best known for his sharp satires. There are unconfirmed reports of his exile, but these remain speculative.

Quote by Lucius Annaeus Seneca about life and wasting timeCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. But when it is wasted in heedless luxury and spent on no good activity, we are forced at last by death’s final constraint to realize that it has passed away before we knew it was passing. So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it… Life is long if you know how to use it." Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Read more
Inspirational quote by Ayn Rand about life, happiness, and irrational whimsCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive by any random means, as a parasite, a moocher or a looter, but not free to succeed at it beyond the range of the moment—so he is free to seek his happiness in any irrational fraud, any whim, any delusion, any mindless escape from reality, but not free to succeed at it beyond the range of the moment nor to escape the consequences." Ayn Rand
Read more
0 replies

Leave a Reply

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply

When Talent Fails, Indignation Writes the Verse – JuvenalQuote by Juvenal about talent and indignation in verse writingCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkMotivational quote by Juvenal about good and bad men’s perspectives on sinCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkBad Men Hate Sin – Juvenal