When all the blandishments of life are gone the coward sneaks to death; the brave lives on.
—Martial
Topics: Suicide
A face that cannot smile is never good.
—Martial
Topics: Smiles
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
—Martial
Topics: Fame
Life is not living, but living in health.
—Martial
Topics: One liners
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.
—Martial
Topics: Love, Lovers
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
—Martial
Topics: Exercise
To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
—Martial
Topics: The Past, Past, Satisfaction
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
—Martial
Topics: Individuality
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
—Martial
Topics: Love
That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.
—Martial
Topics: Satisfaction
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
—Martial
Topics: Lawyers
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man, nor has one passed away which he is unwilling to remember: the period of his life seems prolonged by his good acts; and we may be said to live twice, when we can reflect with pleasure on the days that are gone.
—Martial
Whoever makes great presents expects great presents in return.
—Martial
Topics: Giving
It is to live twice, when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
—Martial
Topics: Past
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
—Martial
Topics: Charm
For life is only life when blest with health.
—Martial
Topics: One liners
Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
—Martial
Topics: Fortune
Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say: today itself’s too late; the wise lived yesterday.
—Martial
Topics: Delay, The Present
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
—Martial
Topics: Money
A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to live twice.
—Martial
Topics: Life, Memory, Goodness, Enjoyment
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes.
—Martial
Topics: Glory
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
—Martial
Topics: Health
Each day provides its own gifts.
—Martial
Topics: Boredom, Value of Time, Gift, Time Management
If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.
—Martial
Topics: Fame
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
—Martial
Topics: Mistakes, Faults
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thy allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
—Martial
Topics: The Present, Blessings
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
—Martial
Topics: Faults
Life is not to live, but to be well.
—Martial
Topics: Health
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today.
—Martial
Topics: Living, The Present
While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you will be nothing.
—Martial
Topics: Being Ourselves
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Pliny the Younger Roman Senator, Writer
- Catullus Roman Latin Poet
- Persius Roman Poet
- Terence Roman Comic Dramatist
- Juvenal Roman Poet
- Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Roman Stoic Philosopher
- Ausonius Latin Poet, Rhetorician
- Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato) Roman Statesman
- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Roman Poet
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
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