In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
MARTIALI 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.
More Martial Quotes
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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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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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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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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