Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
More Martial Quotes
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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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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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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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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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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Be merry if you are wise.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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