Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
MARTIALLife is not living, but living in health.
More Martial Quotes
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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