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• The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.

  Martial

  Hands, Done, Tongue

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.630

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

  Martial

  Needs, Tongue, Epigrams

  Martial (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Martial (Illustrated)”, p.120, Delphi Classics

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• 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.

  Martial

  Giving, Wish, Half

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.63

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• Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

  Martial

  Individuality, Wish, Lasts

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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.

  Martial

  Hero, Winning, Men

  Martial (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Martial (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics

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• Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.

  Martial

  Swings, Bird, Bears

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• You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

  Martial

  Giving, Promise, Wish

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• Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!

  Martial

  Men, Black, Good Man

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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 live to do that', tomorrow's life is too late; live today.
  Variant translation: Tomorrow will I live, the fool does say; Today itself's too late; the wise lived yesterday.

  Martial

  Wise, Time, Believe

  'Epigrammata' bk. 1, no. 15

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• No man is quick enough to enjoy life.

  Martial

  Life, Men, Inspire

  Martial (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Martial (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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

  Martial

  Shining, Amber, Bees

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.192

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• Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

  Martial

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

  Martial

  Past, Joy, Taste

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• I know all that better than my own name.

  Martial

  Knowledge, Names, My Own

  "Epigrams". IV. 37. 7 (c. 80-104 AD). Quote reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 419-423, 1922.

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• Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.

  Martial

  Art, May, Multitudes

  "Epigrams". V. 13. 9, c. 80-104 AD.

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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.

  Martial

  Shining, Tears, Toil

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.192

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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 I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.

  Martial

  Kissing, Sin

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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.

  Martial

  Men, Wife, Fields

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.468

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• A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.

  Martial

  Men, Good Man, Goodness

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• I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
  [Lat., Nolo virum facili redimit qui sanquine famam;
  Hunc volo laudari qui sine morte potest.]

  Martial

  Men, Names, Giving

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• That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

  Martial

  Bird, Tails, Proud

  Martial, Henry George Bohn (1914). “The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources”

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• If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.

  Martial

  Two, Long, Anxiety

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• It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.

  Martial

  Past, Former Life, Enjoy

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• Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
  [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]

  Martial

  Cobblers, Remember, Memento

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• I'm what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.

  Martial

  Nature, Colour, Seems

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.621

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