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.
MARTIALLive thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
More Martial Quotes
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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