If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
MARTIALWine and women bring misery.
More Martial Quotes
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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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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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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