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Martial quotes: To-morrow I will live, the fool does say;To-day itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday. To-morrow I will live, the fool does say;
To-day itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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. You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them.
Martial quotes: What quick wit is found in sudden straits! What quick wit is found in sudden straits!
Martial quotes: I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee." I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."
Martial quotes: Givers of great dinners know few enemies. Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
Martial quotes: The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.[Lat., In tauros Libyci ruunt leones;Non sunt papilionibus molesti.] The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
[Lat., In tauros Libyci ruunt leones;
Non sunt papilionibus molesti.]
Martial quotes: One genius has made many clever artists. One genius has made many clever artists.
Martial quotes: Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue. Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
Martial quotes: It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent. It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
Martial quotes: Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains. Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
Martial quotes: Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity. Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
Martial quotes: The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar. The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
Martial quotes: In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a writeched life
Martial quotes: Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man's field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros. Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man's field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
Martial quotes: Wine and women bring misery. Wine and women bring misery.
Martial quotes: She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen. She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
Martial quotes: A novice always behaves with propriety. A novice always behaves with propriety.
Martial quotes: Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today. Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.
Martial quotes: Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
Martial quotes: If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich. If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
Martial quotes: Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud. Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
Martial quotes: If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.
Martial quotes: That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird. That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.
Martial quotes: You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit. You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
Martial quotes: You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.
Martial quotes: Those they praise, but they read the others. Those they praise, but they read the others.
Martial quotes: You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observeor she will call you ungrateful. You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe
or she will call you ungrateful.
Martial quotes: Our days pass by, and are scored against us. Our days pass by, and are scored against us.
Martial quotes: I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.] I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]
Martial quotes: To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice. To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.
Martial quotes: Life's not just about being alive, but being well. Life's not just about being alive, but being well.
Martial quotes: I'm what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have. I'm what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
Martial quotes: This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?[Lat., Hic rogo non furor est ne moriare mori?] This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
[Lat., Hic rogo non furor est ne moriare mori?]
Martial quotes: Be merry if you are wise. Be merry if you are wise.
Martial quotes: Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh. Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Martial quotes: The present joys of life we doubly taste,By looking back with pleasure to the past. The present joys of life we doubly taste,
By looking back with pleasure to the past.
Martial quotes: There is no glory in otustripping donkeys. There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.
Martial quotes: You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow. You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
Martial quotes: Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder! Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!
Martial quotes: To have nothing is not poverty.[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.] To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Martial quotes: I have not hated the man, but his faults. I have not hated the man, but his faults.
Martial quotes: 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. 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.
Martial quotes: Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well. Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
Martial quotes: Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man. Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
Martial quotes: I know all that better than my own name. I know all that better than my own name.
Martial quotes: He writes nothing whose writings are not read. He writes nothing whose writings are not read.
Martial quotes: Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure. Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
Martial quotes: Some things are good, some middling, more bad. Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Martial quotes: Make it a point not to be over-fascinating. Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Martial quotes: If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing. If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
Martial quotes: Neither fear your death's day nor long for it. Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.
Martial quotes: The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
Martial quotes: Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend. Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend.
Martial quotes: Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows? Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
Martial quotes: From no place can you exclude the fates.[Lat., Nullo fata loco possis excludere.] From no place can you exclude the fates.
[Lat., Nullo fata loco possis excludere.]
Martial quotes: Fortune gives many too much, but none enough. Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
Martial quotes: 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. 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.
Martial quotes: It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched. It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
Martial quotes: You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for. You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
Martial quotes: They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.] They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
Martial quotes: It is folly to waste labour about trifles. It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Martial quotes: Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes. Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Martial quotes: Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
Martial quotes: If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you. If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
Martial quotes: The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, "The work of Chloe." How could she have expressed herself more plainly? The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, "The work of Chloe." How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
Martial quotes: Gifts are like hooks. Gifts are like hooks.
Martial quotes: A good man enlarges the term of his own existence. A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
Martial quotes: A vagrant is everywhere at home. A vagrant is everywhere at home.
Martial quotes: There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair. There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
Martial quotes: If pale beans bubble for you in a red earthenware pot, you can often decline the dinners of sumptuous hosts. If pale beans bubble for you in a red earthenware pot, you can often decline the dinners of sumptuous hosts.
Martial quotes: You may envy every one, but no one envies you. You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
Martial quotes: Life is not living, but living in health. Life is not living, but living in health.
Martial quotes: I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please. I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
Martial quotes: Can the fish love the fisherman?[Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?] Can the fish love the fisherman?
[Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]
Martial quotes: Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly. Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
Martial quotes: An honest man is always a child.[Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.] An honest man is always a child.
[Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]
Martial quotes: However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
Martial quotes: There is no glory in outstripping donkeys. There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
Martial quotes: Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
Martial quotes: It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life. It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
Martial quotes: To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late. To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
Martial quotes: A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice. A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
Martial quotes: Work divided is in that manner shortened. Work divided is in that manner shortened.
Martial quotes: You are so pure in mind and heart,In aspect, too, so mild,I wonder that you ever couldImplant your wife with child. You are so pure in mind and heart,
In aspect, too, so mild,
I wonder that you ever could
Implant your wife with child.
Martial quotes: If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion. If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
Martial quotes: I do not hate the man, but his vices. I do not hate the man, but his vices.
Martial quotes: Be cheerful, if you are wise. Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Martial quotes: The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
Martial quotes: There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody. There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Martial quotes: No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfiedwith reading a hundred epigrams. No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied
with reading a hundred epigrams.
Martial quotes: Whoever is not too wise is wise.[Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.] Whoever is not too wise is wise.
[Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.]
Martial quotes: The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is. The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
Martial quotes: While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you will be nothing. While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you will be nothing.
Martial quotes: Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position. Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Martial quotes: It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them. It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.
Martial quotes: It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure
Martial quotes: For wealth's now given to none but to the rich. For wealth's now given to none but to the rich.
Martial quotes: The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things. The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
Martial quotes: If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it.[Lat., Si post fata venit gloria non propero.] If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it.
[Lat., Si post fata venit gloria non propero.]
Martial quotes: My poems are naughty, but my life is pure. My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.

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