You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
MARTIALBe merry if you are wise.
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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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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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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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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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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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Whoever is not too wise is wise.
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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.
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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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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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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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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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Be merry if you are wise.
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