If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
MARTIALLife is not living, but living in health.
More Martial Quotes
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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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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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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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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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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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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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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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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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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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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