Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
MARTIALSome are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
More Martial Quotes
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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 good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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