It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
MARTIALService cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
More Martial Quotes
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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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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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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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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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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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 wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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