She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
MARTIALGenuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
More Martial Quotes
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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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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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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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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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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