I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
MARTIALI wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
More Martial Quotes
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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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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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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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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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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If 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.
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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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