Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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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I know all that better than my own name.
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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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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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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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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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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
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