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.
MARTIALIt is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
More Martial Quotes
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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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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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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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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