Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
MARTIALIt is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
More Martial Quotes
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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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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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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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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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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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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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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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 epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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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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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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