You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
MARTIALIf fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
More Martial Quotes
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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It 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.
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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.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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