This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
MARTIALFrom no place can you exclude the fates.
More Martial Quotes
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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For life is only life when blessed with health.
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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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Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
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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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