Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
MARTIALIf 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.
More Martial Quotes
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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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 know all that better than my own name.
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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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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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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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