Can the fish love the fisherman?
MARTIALYou importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
More Martial Quotes
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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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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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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.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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