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Martial Quotes and Quotations
Gifts are hooks. Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger. Be content with what you are, and wish not change; not dread your last day, not long for it. 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. Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Each day provides its own gifts. Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today. Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say; today itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday. 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. While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you will be nothing. You do not publish your own verses, Laelius; you criticise mine. Pray cease to criticise mine, or else publish your own. Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. Tomorrow life is too late: live today. |