He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
MARTIALThe swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
More Martial Quotes
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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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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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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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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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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