She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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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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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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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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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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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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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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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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