Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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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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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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To have nothing is not poverty.
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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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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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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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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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