To have nothing is not poverty.
MARTIALThe shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
More Martial Quotes
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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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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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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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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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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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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