Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
MARTIALWhy do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
More Martial Quotes
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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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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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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