I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
MARTIALThis I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
More Martial Quotes
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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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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Gifts are like hooks.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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