From no place can you exclude the fates.
MARTIALFrom no place can you exclude the fates.
MARTIALEvery bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
MARTIALThere is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
MARTIALLive thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
MARTIALOf no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
MARTIALMy poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
MARTIALMan loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MARTIALService cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MARTIALYou praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
MARTIALHe who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
MARTIALIf your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
MARTIALTo-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
MARTIALFortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
MARTIALA jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
MARTIALThere is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
MARTIALEvery epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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