You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIALSome things are good, some middling, more bad.
More Martial Quotes
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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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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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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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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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 hooks.
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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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One genius has made many clever artists.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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