Quote

Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

Martial

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Martial
Pleasure
Lives
Two
Past
Life
Extends
Virtue
Days

More quotes by Martial

Image
Laugh, if thou art wise.
Martial
Image
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
Martial
Image
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
Martial
Image
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure
Martial
Image
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
Martial
Image
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
Martial
Image
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
Martial
Image
You're obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there's no living with you, or without you.
Martial
Image
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
Martial
Image
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
Martial
Image
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
Martial
Image
Be merry if you are wise.
Martial
Image
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Martial
Image
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
Martial
Image
Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]
Martial
Image
For wealth's now given to none but to the rich.
Martial
Image
Be not too thick with anybody your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
Martial
Image
The African lions rush to attack bulls they do not attack butterflies. [Lat., In tauros Libyci ruunt leones Non sunt papilionibus molesti.]
Martial
Image
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.
Martial
Image
Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.
Martial