A Quote by Juvenal

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder. — © Juvenal
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

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Death is like thunder in two particulars; we are alarmed, at the sound of it; and it is formidable only from that which preceded it.
I remember the first time I heard 'The Thunder Rolls.' It was dark, and we were driving to the beach. There was the thunder outside and the thunder in the song. It was eerie.
did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never" thunder growled thunder, "lets give him the works
Where, where for shelter shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale?
I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried- "La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!
Bears, dragons, tempestuous on mountain and river, Startle the forest and make the heights tremble. Clouds darken beneath the darkness of rain, streams pale with a pallor of mist. The gods of Thunder and Lightning Shatter the whole range.
A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.
New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at all, and not feel in the slightest guilty about it.
So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal.
Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
I can hear her thunder, she's coming after me, thunder thighs.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
I’m actually pale blue: it takes me a week of sunbathing to turn white.
Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them.
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