Those they praise, but they read the others.
MARTIALLife’s not just about being alive, but being well.
More Martial Quotes
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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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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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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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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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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