Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
MARTIALThere is no living with thee, nor without thee.
More Martial Quotes
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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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.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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