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.
MARTIALRemember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
More Martial Quotes
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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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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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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