He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
MARTIALHe truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
MARTIALIf 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.
MARTIALSome things are good, some middling, more bad.
MARTIALIt is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
MARTIALFortune gives many too much, but none enough.
MARTIALA good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
MARTIALBelieving 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.
MARTIALThe virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
MARTIALWhoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIALIf I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
MARTIALHe 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.
MARTIALYou ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
MARTIALGenuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
MARTIALRed-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
MARTIALThere is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
MARTIALThe flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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