I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
MARTIALI do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
MARTIALFortune gives many too much, but none enough.
MARTIALNeither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
MARTIALYou may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIALIn adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
MARTIALMy poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
MARTIALOf no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
MARTIALHe who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIALOne genius has made many clever artists.
MARTIALWhat’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
MARTIALBe merry if you are wise.
MARTIALThere is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
MARTIALWhen your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
MARTIALI do not hate the man, but his vices.
MARTIALSome are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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