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Martial


Marcus Valerius Martialis was born sometime around 40 A D at Bilbilis, a small town in the north-east of Spain.
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Martial
You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.
Martial quotes
Stop abusing my verses, or publish some of your own.
Martial
Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.




Martial quotes
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
Martial
Laudas balnea versibus trecentis
Cenantis bene Pontici, Sabelle.
Vis cenare, Sabelle, non lavari.
Martial quotes
Nobis pereunt et imputantur.
Martial
Lasciva est nobis pagina, vita proba.
Martial quotes
Vita non est vivere, sed valera vita est.
Martial
Sit mihi verna satur: sit non doctissima conjux:
Sit nox cum somno: sit sine lite dies.
Martial
Divisum sic breve fiet opus.
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