Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
MARTIALA good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
More Martial Quotes
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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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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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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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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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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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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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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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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One genius has made many clever artists.
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