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.
MARTIALToo late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
More Martial Quotes
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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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 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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Wine and women bring misery.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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