Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
MARTIALYou puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
More Martial Quotes
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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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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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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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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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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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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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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