No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
MARTIALNeither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
More Martial Quotes
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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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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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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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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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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If 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.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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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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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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