Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIALGifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
More Martial Quotes
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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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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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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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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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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