Birds of a feather will flock together.
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More Martial Quotes
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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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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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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