The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
MARTIALThe face that cannot smile is never fair.
More Martial Quotes
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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A 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.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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