I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee." — Martial Copy Share Image
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. — Martial Copy Share Image
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla,… — Martial Copy Share Image
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend. — Martial Copy Share Image
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair. — Martial Copy Share Image
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may… — 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
