Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
MARTIALIt is folly to waste labour about trifles.
More Martial Quotes
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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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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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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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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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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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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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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