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.
MARTIALI’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
More Martial Quotes
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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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 swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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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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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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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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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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