Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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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Wine and women bring misery.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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