If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
MARTIALA good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
More Martial Quotes
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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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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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Be merry if you are wise.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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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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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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