The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
MARTIALMake it a point not to be over-fascinating.
More Martial Quotes
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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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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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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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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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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