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.
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.
More Martial Quotes
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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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It 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.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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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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Believing 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.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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