Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIALIt is folly to waste labour about trifles.
More Martial Quotes
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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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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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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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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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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