Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MARTIALMan loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MARTIALMake it a point not to be over-fascinating.
MARTIALI 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.
MARTIALA good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
MARTIALYou’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
MARTIALIf my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
MARTIALIt is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
MARTIALEpigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
MARTIALTo have nothing is not poverty.
MARTIALGenuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
MARTIALFor wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
MARTIALBelieving 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.
MARTIALWhile an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
MARTIALIf 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.
MARTIALYou puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
MARTIALI have not hated the man, but his faults.
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