I know all that better than my own name.
MARTIALLive thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
More Martial Quotes
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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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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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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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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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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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.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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