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

  Martial

  Men, Good Man, Goodness

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• Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.

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  Giving, Too Much, Enough

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• Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures,
  That is the only wealth for ever yours.
  [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis;
  Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]

  Martial

  Fate, Giving, Wealth

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• If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.

  Martial

  Respect, Lions, Beard

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

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• They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

  Martial

  Passion, Lawyer, Eloquence

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• He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.

  Martial

  Sorrow, Unseen

  Martial (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Martial (Illustrated)”, p.33, Delphi Classics

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• Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.

  Martial

  Enjoy

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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?

  Martial

  Husband, Chloe, Shameless

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.400

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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 tucked away in a hundred cosmetics boxes - even your face does not sleep with you.

  Martial

  Sarcastic, Home, Sleep

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• A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

  Martial

  Life, Past, Men

  "Epigrams" (c. 80-104 AD), X. 23. 7 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 440-455), 1922.

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• It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

  Martial

  Waste, Trifles, Folly

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• Work divided is in that manner shortened.

  Martial

  Work, Divided

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 907-11, Epigrams, Book IV. 83. 8, 1922.

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• The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James Oliver 'Tomorrow I will live,' the fool does say; tomorrow itself is late; the wise live yesterday.

  Martial

  Wise, Blessed, Men

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• When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.

  Martial

  Crowds, Banquets, Eloquent

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.283

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• I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."

  Martial

  Life, Thee, I Can

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.39

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• You are so pure in mind and heart,
  In aspect, too, so mild,
  I wonder that you ever could
  Implant your wife with child.

  Martial

  Sarcastic, Children, Heart

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• A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.

  Martial

  Three, Steps, Overboard

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• I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]

  Martial

  Wife, Masters, Leading Me

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• There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

  Martial

  Glory, Donkey

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

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• Life is not living, but living in health.

  Martial

  Life, Fitness, Health

  Epigrams VI. 70 (transl. W. C. Ker, 1919)

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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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  Book, Want, Sells

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.339

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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.

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  Wise, Time, Believe

  'Epigrammata' bk. 1, no. 15

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• Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

  Martial

  Men, Proud, Malice

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• The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.

  Martial

  Flaws, Greater

  Martial (1961). “Epigrams”

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• Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

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  Ashes, Too Late, Glory

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