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.
MARTIALWhen your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
More Martial Quotes
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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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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You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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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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No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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