Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
MARTIALYou puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
More Martial Quotes
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.
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I have not hated the man, but his faults.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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