It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIALIf my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
More Martial Quotes
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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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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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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