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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.

Martial

It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
MARTIAL

Form God Gold Himself
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
MARTIAL

Hate Man Mistake
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
MARTIAL

Face Fair Happiness Smile
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
MARTIAL

Grief Herself Sincere Unknown
You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
MARTIAL

Run Yourself
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
MARTIAL

Flaw Imagination World Worst
Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
MARTIAL

Friendship Master Service Yourself
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.
MARTIAL

Blood Death Easy Fame Hero Himself Man Purchase
Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
MARTIAL

Page Stand Thief Yourself
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIAL

Leather Remember Yourself
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
MARTIAL

Food Greatness Hold Value
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
MARTIAL

Friendship Short Writing Yourself
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.
MARTIAL

Believe Deserve Myself World
Laugh, if thou art wise.
MARTIAL

Laughter One Liner Wisdom

There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.

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