However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
MARTIALTo the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
More Martial Quotes
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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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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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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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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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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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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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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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