I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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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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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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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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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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