Wine and women bring misery.
MARTIALYour page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
More Martial Quotes
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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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