Quotes of Marcus Valerius Martial

“ Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. ”

- Marcus Valerius Martialis

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Exercise

“ Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well. ”

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Health

“ You command my desire for the queen of cities to be mitigated: you alone are a Rome to me. ”

- Marcus Valerius Martialis

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Love

“ Each day provides its own gifts. ”

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Gift

“ You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do. ”

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Speed

“ You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe. ”

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Shower

“ If you wish, Faustinus, a bath of boiling water to be reduced in temperature, — a bath, such as scarcely Julianus could enter, — ask the rhetorician Sabinaeus to bathe himself in it. He would freeze the warm baths of Nero. ”

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Shower

“ 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. ”

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Assign

“ Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. ”

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Assets

“ Philo swears that he has never dined at home, and it is so; he does not dine at all, except when invited out. ”

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Affirm

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

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Breach

“ You give me back, Phoebus, my bond for four hundred thousand sesterces; lend me rather a hundred thousand more. Seek some one else to whom you may vaunt your empty present: what I cannot pay you, Phoebus, is my own. ”

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Boast

“ In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. ”

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Bold

“ If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. ”

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Beast

“ While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death. ”

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Bug

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

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Break

“ My books need no one to accuse or judge you: the page which is yours stands up against you and says, "You are a thief. ”

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Blame

“ In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. ”

- Marcus Valerius Martial

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Bravery

“ 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. ”

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Boring

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

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Bird

“ Birdes of a feather will flocke togither. ”

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Bird

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

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Bird

“ 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. ”

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Bee

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

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Conceited

“ A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be. ”

- Marcus Valerius Martial

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Cookery

“ 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. ”

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Cookery

“ 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. ”

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Cookery

“ A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be. ”

- Marcus Valerius Martial

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Cooking

“ 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. ”

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Cooking

“ 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. ”

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Quotes of Marcus Valerius Martial - somelinesforyou

“ Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. ”

“ Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well. ”

“ You command my desire for the queen of cities to be mitigated: you alone are a Rome to me. ”

“ Each day provides its own gifts. ”

“ You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do. ”

“ You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe. ”

“ If you wish, Faustinus, a bath of boiling water to be reduced in temperature, — a bath, such as scarcely Julianus could enter, — ask the rhetorician Sabinaeus to bathe himself in it. He would freeze the warm baths of Nero. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. ”

“ Philo swears that he has never dined at home, and it is so; he does not dine at all, except when invited out. ”

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

“ You give me back, Phoebus, my bond for four hundred thousand sesterces; lend me rather a hundred thousand more. Seek some one else to whom you may vaunt your empty present: what I cannot pay you, Phoebus, is my own. ”

“ In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. ”

“ If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. ”

“ While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death. ”

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

“ My books need no one to accuse or judge you: the page which is yours stands up against you and says, "You are a thief. ”

“ In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. ”

“ 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. ”

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

“ Birdes of a feather will flocke togither. ”

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

“ 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. ”

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

“ A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”