They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
MARTIALThe swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
More Martial Quotes
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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