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.
MARTIALFrom no place can you exclude the fates.
More Martial Quotes
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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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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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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