Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
MARTIALOf no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
More Martial Quotes
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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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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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