A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

Quote by Juvenal

Topics: Poverty Quotes, Theft Quotes

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

Honesty is praised and starves

Honesty is praised and starves

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

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

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

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.