There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
MARTIALEvery bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
More Martial Quotes
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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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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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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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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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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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.
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If 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.
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