Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
MARTIALYou 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!
More Martial Quotes
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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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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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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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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