Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
MARTIALYou are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
More Martial Quotes
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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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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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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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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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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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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