A novice always behaves with propriety.
MARTIALThe flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
More Martial Quotes
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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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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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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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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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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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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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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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