Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
MARTIALSpare the person but lash the vice.
More Martial Quotes
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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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.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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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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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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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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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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