This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
MARTIALYou may envy every one, but no one envies you.
More Martial Quotes
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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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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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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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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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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