You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
MARTIALIf fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
More Martial Quotes
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Those they praise, but they read the others.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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