It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
MARTIALConceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
More Martial Quotes
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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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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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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