Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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I know all that better than my own name.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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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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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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