Make it a point not to be over-fascinating. Martial More Quotes by Martial More Quotes From Martial I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether. Martial missing love hands 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 teeth food giving I do not hate the man, but his vices. Martial hate hatred men While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing. Martial resolve lasts identity A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be. Martial cooks masters should Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings. Martial swings bears bird Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard. Martial easy writing book 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 Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. Martial individuality lasts wish Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be. Martial multitudes may art Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. Martial 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 half wish giving 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 toil tears shining That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird. Martial proud tails bird Birdes of a feather will flocke togither. Martial feathers Spare the person but lash the vice. Martial lashes vices persons 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 noble lakes water When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent. Martial banquets eloquent crowds If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion. Martial beard respect lions He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen. Martial unseen sorrow
