You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
MARTIALThere is no living with thee, nor without thee.
More Martial Quotes
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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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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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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He 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.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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