Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
MARTIALYou praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
More Martial Quotes
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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Gifts are like hooks.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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