For life is only life when blessed with health.
MARTIALThere is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
More Martial Quotes
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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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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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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