The face that cannot smile is never fair.
MARTIALVirtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
More Martial Quotes
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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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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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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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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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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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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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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