For life is only life when blessed with health.
MARTIALVirtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
More Martial Quotes
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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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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Be merry if you are wise.
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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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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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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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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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You 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!
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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