Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

Quote by Marcus Valerius Martial

Topics: Being Content Quotes

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes.

Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and...

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and...

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at...

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at...

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.

He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather...

He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather...

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Debt is a bottomless sea.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die,...

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die,...

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Borrowed garments never fit well.

Borrowed garments never fit well.

It feels so much better when you earn your own money, instead of borrowing and...

It feels so much better when you earn your own money, instead of borrowing and...

Loans and debts make worry and frets.

Loans and debts make worry and frets.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying...

Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying...