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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.

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Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
MARTIAL

Death Glory Late
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
MARTIAL

Happiness Joy Willing Yourself
I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
MARTIAL

Believe Man Myself Please
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
MARTIAL

Enough Fortune Unfair
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
MARTIAL

Food Greatness Hold Value
See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?
MARTIAL

Amazing Animal Food Growth Possible Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
MARTIAL

Day Fear Yourself
The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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Face Fair Happiness Smile
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for.
MARTIAL

Death Live Poet Praise Worth
What’s a wretched man? A man whom no man pleases.
MARTIAL

Man Please Satisfaction
No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Enough Life Man Quick
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
MARTIAL

Death Fame Hurry Myself
Be merry if you are wise.
MARTIAL

One Liner Wisdom
To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice.
MARTIAL

Enjoyment Life Live Past

You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.

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You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.

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