‘Tis easy to write epigrams nicely but to write a book is hard.
Martial Quotes
A good man is always a beginner.
You are pleasing when felt. You are pleasing when heard. If not seen, you are altogether pleasing. If seen, you please in no way whatever.
You collect your straggling hairs on either side, Marinus, endeavouring to conceal the vast expanse of your shining bald pate by the locks which still grow on your temples – Why not confess yourself an old man – There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
Regius maintains that there are no gods and that heaven is unoccupied. His evidence in favor of atheism is that he is a prosperous man.
Maro, you’ give me nothing while you live, but, after death, you cry, then, you’ll give; If thou art not indeed turned arrant ass, Thou know’st what I desire to come to pass.
You see these fish carved finely in relief by Phidian art? Add water; they will swim.
