"He who prefers to give Linus the half……" — Martial
"He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half."
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82 Quotes by Martial
Martial has 82 quotes on this site.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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While you remain at home your hair is at the hairdresser's; you take out your teeth at night and sleep…
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Life's not just about being alive, but being well.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms.…
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It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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He writes nothing whose writings are not read.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard)…
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The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James…
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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant…
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More Borrow Quotes
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I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal…
— Michele Bachmann
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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts…
— David Cameron
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Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue…
— Jay Carney
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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next…
— Ray Charles
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When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not…
— David Ramsey
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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation…
— Abraham Flexner
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The knives in my apartment are only sharp enough to open envelopes with. Cutting a slice of coarse bread is…
— Peter Høeg
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Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
— William James
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Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains…
— Charles Babbage
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Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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