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Wise men don't say, "I shall live to do that". Tomorrow's life's too late; live today. — Martial

Epigram

Wise men don't say, "I shall live to do that". Tomorrow's life's too late; live today.

In the original Latin

Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere 'Vivam': Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie.

Martial
Epigrams · 103
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Provenance
Current citation
Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 1, no. 15.
Original citation
Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 1, no. 15.

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