Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
MARTIALRed-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
More Martial Quotes
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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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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