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.
MARTIALSome good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
More Martial Quotes
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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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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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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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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