Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
MARTIALOf no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
More Martial Quotes
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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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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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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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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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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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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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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