If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
MARTIALIf fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
More Martial Quotes
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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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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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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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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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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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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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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