Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
MARTIALTo the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
More Martial Quotes
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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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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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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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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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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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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