No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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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Gifts are like hooks.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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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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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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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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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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