Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIALYou’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
More Martial Quotes
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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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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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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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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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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