I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
MARTIALThe present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
More Martial Quotes
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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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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A 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.
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