Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
MARTIALLife’s not just about being alive, but being well.
More Martial Quotes
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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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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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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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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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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A fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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