Whoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIALShe grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
More Martial Quotes
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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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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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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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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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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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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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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