Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
MARTIALOf no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
More Martial Quotes
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If 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.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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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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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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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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