I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
MARTIALIt is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
More Martial Quotes
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Be cheerful, if you are 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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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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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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