A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
MARTIALThe face that cannot smile is never fair.
More Martial Quotes
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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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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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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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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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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