The face that cannot smile is never fair.
MARTIALThe face that cannot smile is never fair.
MARTIALMake it a point not to be over-fascinating.
MARTIALI believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
MARTIALHe truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
MARTIALSee, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
MARTIALIf my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
MARTIALYou may envy every one, but no one envies you.
MARTIALThe bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
MARTIALIn adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
MARTIALIt is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MARTIALThe swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
MARTIALTo-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
MARTIALWork divided is in that manner shortened.
MARTIALNo amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
MARTIALYou should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
MARTIALThose they praise, but they read the others.
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