Spare the person but lash the vice.
MARTIALWish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
More Martial Quotes
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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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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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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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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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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