Hidden evils are most dreaded.
MARTIALLife is not living, but living in health.
More Martial Quotes
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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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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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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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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