Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
MARTIALI wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
More Martial Quotes
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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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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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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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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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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