Wine and women bring misery.
MARTIALWine and women bring misery.
MARTIALI’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
MARTIALIt is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
MARTIALYou are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
MARTIALA fisherman’s walk: three steps and overboard.
MARTIALIf fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
MARTIALThe African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
MARTIALThey let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
MARTIALYou ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
MARTIALSome good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
MARTIALTis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIALTo-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
MARTIALHe who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
MARTIALThe bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
MARTIALEvery epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
MARTIALI wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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