You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIALHe who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
More Martial Quotes
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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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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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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