When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
MARTIALA vagrant is everywhere at home.
More Martial Quotes
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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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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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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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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