There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
MARTIALThere is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
MARTIALWhy 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.
MARTIALService cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MARTIALOf no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
MARTIALCan the fish love the fisherman?
MARTIALA man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
MARTIALSome things are good, some middling, more bad.
MARTIALHe who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
MARTIALWine and women bring misery.
MARTIALFortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
MARTIALYou are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
MARTIALIf my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
MARTIALToo late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
MARTIALA good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
MARTIALRemember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIALThe virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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