Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
MARTIALConceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
More Martial Quotes
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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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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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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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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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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