You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
MARTIALHe who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
More Martial Quotes
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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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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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