You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
MARTIALIn adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
More Martial Quotes
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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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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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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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