I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIALYou may envy every one, but no one envies you.
More Martial Quotes
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying 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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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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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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Life is not living, but living in health.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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