You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
MARTIALA jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
More Martial Quotes
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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If 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.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be 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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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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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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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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