He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
More Martial Quotes
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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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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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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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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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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