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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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• I'm what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.

  Martial

  Nature, Colour, Seems

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.621

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• Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
  [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]

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  Cobblers, Remember, Memento

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• It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.

  Martial

  Real, Adversity, Fortitude

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• I know all that better than my own name.

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  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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• The present joys of life we doubly taste,
  By looking back with pleasure to the past.

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  Past, Joy, Taste

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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.

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  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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• 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.

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  Life, Thinking, Long

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

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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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• 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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• No man is quick enough to enjoy life.

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  Life, Men, Inspire

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

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

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