In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
MARTIALI wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
More Martial Quotes
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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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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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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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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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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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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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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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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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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