Martial Quotes
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Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man's field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
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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 the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.
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Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.
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If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
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If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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A vagrant is everywhere at home.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. [Lat., Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.]
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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 own nectar. It has obtained a worthy reward for its great toils; we may suppose that the bee itself would have desired such a death.
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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
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There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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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?
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Service cannot be expected from a friend in service; let him be a freeman who wishes to be my master.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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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 read, them.
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Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
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Can the fish love the fisherman? [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]
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My poems are naughty, but my life is pure.
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
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Plautus Playwright -
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Propertius Poet -
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Marcus Tullius Cicero Philosopher -
Catullus Poet -
Apuleius Prose writer -
Statius Poet -
Lucan Poet -
Petronius Author -
Lucretius Poet -
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Suetonius Historian -
Seneca the Younger Philosopher -
Horace Poet