Laugh, if thou art wise.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
More Martial Quotes
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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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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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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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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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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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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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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