You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
MARTIALBe cheerful, if you are wise.
More Martial Quotes
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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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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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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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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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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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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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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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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