If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
MARTIALNothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
More Martial Quotes
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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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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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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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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