It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
MARTIALTo have nothing is not poverty.
More Martial Quotes
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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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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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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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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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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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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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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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