If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
MARTIALA good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
More Martial Quotes
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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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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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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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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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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