19 Quotations by Marcus Valerius Martial
- 1. Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
- 2. Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
- 3. Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
- 4. Each day provides its own gifts.
- 5. Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
- 6. Glory comes too late, after one has been reduced to ashes.
- 7. Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
- 8. I do not like the man who squanders life for fame. Give me the man who living makes a name.
- 9. I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your ...
- 10. If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
- 11. If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
- 12. Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an ...
- 13. That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and mode ...
- 14. There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
- 15. To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
- 16. Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.
- 17. What you give away is the only wealth you will always have.
- 18. Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exerci ...
- 19. You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are no ...
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