If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
MARTIALShe grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
More Martial Quotes
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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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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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on 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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