Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIALThis I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
More Martial Quotes
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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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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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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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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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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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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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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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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