Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
MARTIALTo the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
More Martial Quotes
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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