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?
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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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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To have nothing is not poverty.
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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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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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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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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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