Martial

I do not hate the man, but his vices.

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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.

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Gifts are like hooks.

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Be merry if you are wise.

— Martial

One genius has made many clever artists.

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She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.

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“terrarum dominum pone supercilium”

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“Laugh if you are wise, girl, laugh.”

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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.

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Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.

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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you will be nothing.

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Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.

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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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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

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Those they praise, but they read the others.

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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past…

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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while…

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He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there…

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You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to…

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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.

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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.

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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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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems enshrined in its…

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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid…

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All your female friends are either old or ugly; nay, more ugly than old women usually are. These you lead about in…

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Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere 'Vivam': Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie. Believe me, wise men don't say 'I shall…

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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for…

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“Flaccus, the sort of girl I hate Is the scrawny one, with arms so thin My rings would fit them, hips that…

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Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence;…

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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…

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Work divided is in that manner shortened.

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I have not hated the man, but his faults.

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A novice always behaves with propriety.

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A vagrant is everywhere at home.

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Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

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Spare the person but lash the vice.

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Be cheerful, if you are wise.

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He who weighs his burdens, can bear them.

— Martial