It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
MARTIALThose they praise, but they read the others.
More Martial Quotes
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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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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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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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Be merry if you are wise.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Wine and women bring misery.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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