You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
MARTIALWhoever is not too wise is wise.
More Martial Quotes
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy 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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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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