Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
MARTIALNo man is quick enough to enjoy life.
More Martial Quotes
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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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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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