Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
MARTIALI do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
More Martial Quotes
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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.
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There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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Hidden evils are most dreaded.
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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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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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Life is not living, but living in health.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
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Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that’s how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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