What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
MARTIALI’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
More Martial Quotes
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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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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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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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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