Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
MARTIALFortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
More Martial Quotes
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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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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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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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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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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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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