I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
MARTIALShort 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.
More Martial Quotes
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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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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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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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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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Be merry if you are wise.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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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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