I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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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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Wine and women bring misery.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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