This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
MARTIALFor life is only life when blessed with health.
More Martial Quotes
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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