It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIALIn adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
More Martial Quotes
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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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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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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