Una potens ratio est, ne crimina nostra sequantur
Ex nobis geniti; quoniam dociles imitandis
Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.
Juvenal. Satires, XIV., 38.
Refrain then from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
Abstineās igitur damnandīs; huius enim vel ūna pōtēns ratiō est, nē crīmina nostra sequantur ex nōbīs genitī; quoniam docilēs imitandīs turpibus ac prāvīs omnēs sumus.
abstineō, -ēre, -tinuī, -tentus, restrain, abstain (abs + teneō; subjunctive).
igitur, conj., usually postpositive, therefore, then.
damnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, harm, condemn, disapprove, blame (gerundive).
hic, haec, hoc (gen. -īus, dat. -ī), demonstr. pron., he, she, it, this.
enim, conj., postpositive, indeed, for, in fact, I mean.
vel, adv., even, actually.
ūnus, -a, -um (gen. -īus, dat. -ī), one.
pōtēns, -entis, powerful.
ratiō, -ōnis, f., reason, account, reckoning.
nē, conj., lest.
crīmen, -inis, n., crime, offense.
noster, -tra, -trum, poss. adj. pron. 2nd plur., our, ours.
sequor, sequī, secūtus sum, follow.
ex, prep. w/abl., from.
nōs, nostrum/nostrī, nōbīs, nōs, nōbīs, pers. pron. 1st plur., we, us.
gīgnō, -ere, genuī, genitus, produce, beget, give birth to.
quoniam, conj., adv., since, because (quom + iam).
docilis, -e, easily taught, docile.
imitor, -āre, -ātus, imitate, mimic (gerundive, ablative of means).
turpis, -e, unseemly, foul, repulsive.
ac, atque, conj., and, and also.
prāvus, -a, -um, crooked, distorted, wrong, improper.
omnis, -e, all, every, everyone.
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