You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
MARTIALWhoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
More Martial Quotes
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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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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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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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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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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