Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
MARTIALWhile an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
More Martial Quotes
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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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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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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Gifts are like hooks.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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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 my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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