Martial Quotes about Giving

Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear... But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.

Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear... But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.

Martial

Birthday, Believe, Giving

Martial (1907). “Epigrams”

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

Martial

Giving, Too Much, Wealth

Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.549

You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.

Martial

Girl, Nice, Giving

"Epigrams". Book by Martial, IV, 71, c. 80 - 104 AD.

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

Winter, Doors, Giving

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.

Martial

Giving, Too Much, Enough

Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis; Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]

Martial

Fate, Giving, Wealth

You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.

Martial

Giving, Wish, Three

Martial, Henry George Bohn (1914). “The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources”

He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.

Martial

Giving, Wish, Half

Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.63

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

Martial

Giving, Promise, Wish

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. [Lat., Nolo virum facili redimit qui sanquine famam; Hunc volo laudari qui sine morte potest.]

Martial

Men, Names, Giving