He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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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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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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