To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
MARTIALI have not hated the man, but his faults.
More Martial Quotes
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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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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours.
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It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
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To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former 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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Spare the person but lash the vice.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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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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