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.
MARTIALNothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
More Martial Quotes
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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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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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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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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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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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’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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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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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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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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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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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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