Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
MARTIALI 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.
More Martial Quotes
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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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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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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 fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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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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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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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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