The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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More Martial Quotes
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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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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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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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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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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