If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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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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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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