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Martial: To-morrow thou wilt live, didst thou say, Posthumus? to-day is too late; he is…

To-morrow thou wilt live, didst thou say, Posthumus? to-day is too late; he is the wise man who lived yesterday.

In today’s words"I'll start living tomorrow," you say? Tomorrow is too late; the wise person was living yesterday.

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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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