I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
MARTIALA novice always behaves with propriety.
More Martial Quotes
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar.
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Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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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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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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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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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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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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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
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