Marcus Valerius Martial
10 quotations
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes.
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.