Quotes by
Martial |
Marcus Valerius Martialis, 43-104 AD , Roman poet of epigrams
Roman poet from Hispania (Spain) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103. He wrote a total of 1,561 epigrams.He has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist, and is considered the creator of the modern epigram.
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Quotations
| • | The way we die is sadder than death itself. 16 |
| • | You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no. 9 |
| • | Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away. 4 |
| • | You complain, my friend, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. 4 |
| • | Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. 3 |
| • | Vice and virtue must look much the same to one who calls the whole world “nice”. 3 |
| • | It is not poverty, Nestor, to have nothing at all. 3 |
| • | He who refuses nothing will soon have nothing to refuse. 3 |
Latin Quotes
| • | Life is not about living, but to live a good life. Vita non est vivere, sed valera vita est. 86 |
| • | If glory comes after death, I hurry not. Si post fata venit gloria, non propero. 33 |
| • | Fortune to many gives too much, enough to none. Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli. 14 |
