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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Do you ask what sort of a maid I desire or dislike, flaccus? I dislike one too easy and one too coy. The just mean, which lies between the two extremes, is what I approve; I like neither that which tortures nor that which cloys (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
If fame comes after death, I’m in no hurry for it (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death? (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
I won’t let a wife lead me to the altar (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
He misses what is meant by epigram Who thinks it only frivolous flim flam (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
He who is not in readiness today, will be less prepared tomorrow (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
They [the hours] pass by, and are put to our account (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
If glory comes after death, I hurry not (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Though I often salute you, you never salute me first; I shall therefore, pontilianus, salute you with an eternal farewell (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
As long as I have fat turtle doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shellfish to yourself. I have no wish to waste my appetite (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
He who thinks the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Never think of leaving perfumes or wine to your heir. Administer these yourself, and let him have your money (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
You see those fish before you, a beautiful example of the sculpture of Phidias; give them water, and they will swim (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Red haired, black lipped, club footed, and blink eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder! (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
I do not love thee, sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Selius affirms, in heav’n no gods there are: and while he thrives, and they their thunder spare, his daring tenet to the world seems fair (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
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 (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
The book which you are reading aloud is mine, fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to be yours (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Rarity gives a charm: thus early fruits are most esteemed; thus winter roses obtain a higher price; thus coyness sets off an extravagant mistress: a door ever open attracts no young suitor (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say; today itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
You importune me, tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them (Marcus Valerius Martial Quotes)
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