Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MARTIALLife is not living, but living in health.
More Martial Quotes
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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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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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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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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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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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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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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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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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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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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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