My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
MARTIALTo have nothing is not poverty.
More Martial Quotes
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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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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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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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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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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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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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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