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• He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?

  Martial

  Book, Writing, Wish

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.362

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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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• 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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• However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.

  Martial

  Eating, Dishes, Stills

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.598

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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 seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.

  Martial

  Dinner, Too Much, Causes

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.359

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• Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.

  Martial

  Pain, Joy, Fewer

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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.

  Martial

  Lakes, Water, Noble

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• The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.

  Martial

  Sweet, Swans, Singers

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• See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?

  Martial

  Eating, Fats, Grows

  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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• You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

  Martial

  Hands, Crystals, Faults

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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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• A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and
  Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.

  Martial

  Wine, Thinking, Leaving

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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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• He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.

  Martial

  Life, Thinking, Long

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.293

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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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• It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day.

  Martial

  Life, Wise, Believe

  "Epigrams" (c. 80-104 AD), I. 16. 11 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 440-455), 1922.

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• Our days pass by, and are scored against us.

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• If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.

  Martial

  Food, Giving, Teeth

  Martial (1907). “The Epigrams of Martial”

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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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• Your page stands against you and says to you that you are a thief.

  Martial

  Creative, Thieves, Pages

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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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• 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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