The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
MARTIALIt is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
More Martial Quotes
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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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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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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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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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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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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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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