If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
MARTIALSee, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
More Martial Quotes
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What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
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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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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Life’s not just about being alive, but being well.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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