You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
MARTIALA cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
More Martial Quotes
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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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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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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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 not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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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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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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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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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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