If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
MARTIALThe bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
More Martial Quotes
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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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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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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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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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