I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
MARTIALYour page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
More Martial Quotes
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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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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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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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To have nothing is not poverty.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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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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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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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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