That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
MARTIALI 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.
More Martial Quotes
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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