However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. — Martial Copy Share Image
I commend you, Postumus, for kissing me with only half your lip; you may, however, if you please, withhold even the half… — Martial Copy Share Image
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man's field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros. — Martial Copy Share Image
If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. — Martial Copy Share Image
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure — Martial Copy Share Image
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other… — Martial Copy Share Image
“You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch,but she won't say no.” — Martial Copy Share Image
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit. — Martial Copy Share Image
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door… — Martial Copy Share Image
