What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
MARTIALYou’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
More Martial Quotes
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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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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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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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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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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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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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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