You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
MARTIALYour seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
More Martial Quotes
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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