I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
MARTIALI 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.
More Martial Quotes
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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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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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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