Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
MARTIALHe who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
More Martial Quotes
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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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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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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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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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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