Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
MARTIALFrom no place can you exclude the fates.
More Martial Quotes
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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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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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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