Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
MARTIALYou ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
More Martial Quotes
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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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.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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