A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
MARTIALLife consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
More Martial Quotes
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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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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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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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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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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