No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.
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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Laugh, if thou art wise.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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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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If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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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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Neither fear your death’s day nor long for it.
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Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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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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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
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That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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I know all that better than my own name.
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He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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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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Birds of a feather will flock together.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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