You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
MARTIALTo-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
More Martial Quotes
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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