It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIALWhoever is not too wise is wise.
More Martial Quotes
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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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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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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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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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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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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