Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
More Martial Quotes
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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