Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
MARTIALLife’s not just about being alive, but being well.
More Martial Quotes
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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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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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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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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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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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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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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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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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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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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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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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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