Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
More Martial Quotes
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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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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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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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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Be merry if you are wise.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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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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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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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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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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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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