Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
MARTIALThis I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
More Martial Quotes
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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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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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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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 too much to many, enough to none.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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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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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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